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Troy Hari was a light. 
He radiated and stood out from 
the rest, like there was some¬ 
thing that made this boy 
different from every other guy 
roaming the halls of U-High. 
Many wondered what this 
difference was, what made Troy 
Hari so special. 

Everyone who met 
Troy couldn’t help but fall in 
love with his personality. This 
curly haired cutie was never 
alone because he always drew a 
crowd. 

Troy had the ability to 
turn bad days good with his 
charming smile and smart 
remarks, though sometimes you 
weren’t sure if you should react 
by giving him a huge hug or 
wrestling him to the ground. 

Whether you were a 
freshman, sophomore, junior, or 
senior, Troy’s first words to you 
would not be his last because he 
never forgot a face, and al¬ 
though teachers weren’t always 
thrilled about Troy’s constant 
need to add his own personal 
“insights,” his presence always 


enticed class participation. 

Troy was also a team- 
builder; he encouraged his 
teammates and friends both on 
and off the field. 

He always was 
available to listen to people, 
offering his hand to hold and 
his shoulder to cry on. He 
loved people unconditionally, 
and people recognized his love 
and found comfort there. 

Once Troy wrote me a 
letter in which he shared one of 
his greatest dreams, which was 
to share with all the amazing 
love that he found in Christ. 
Troy would want others to 
know the One who saved his 
life. 

Christ’s love made 
him different. His death 
wasn’t the end of his life but 
merely the beginning. If there 
was one last thing Troy would 
say, it might be that this world 
can deceive us into thinking 
that the treasures it offers will 
fill the longings of your soul, 
but the clothes you wear, the 
money you make, the sports 
you play, and even the friends 
you have will never be enough. 


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By: Sage Gosch-Braun and Meredith Mercier 


Homecoming 2002 was 
a night of firsts and lasts for 
many. This year’s homecoming 
dance was most freshmen’s first 
formal dance. “It was fun to 
dress up and go out to dinner 
with our friends,” freshman 
Jordan Garrett said. 

Meanwhile, for many 
seniors this was the last home¬ 
coming to attend. “1 liked the 
music and decorations this 
year,” senior Brian Corcoran 
said. 

The nights theme was 
“Starry Night” and the theme 
song was “Yellow” by Coldplay. 

U-High’s senate 
quickly changed the lounge into 
a magnificent starry room. The 
uses of silver, black and green 
were used to decorate the lounge 
and auditorium and they 
impressed many of the students. 
“The decorations were nice this 
year. I liked the picture back¬ 
drop because it was simple,” 
junior Lauren Lackovitch said 

The dance lasted from 
8:00-11:00, and most of the 
attendants spent the night 
dancing, taking pictures, and 


were the representatives for the 
guys. 

The king and queen of 
this year’s homecoming were 
Kevin Smith and Ellie Somers. 
The king and queen were 
announced at the homecoming 
football game held on Friday 
night at Hancock Stadium, 
whle the formal coronation 
took place at the dance on 
Staturday during the dance in 
Stroud Auditorium. 


Photo by: Photography by Kent 
Homecoming King Kevin Smith and Queen Elbe Somers. 



Photo by: Meredith Mercier 
Kyle Ferguson, Stu Beurskens and Matt Lyons. 



Photo by: Photography by Kent 


Elbe Somers is greeted by her family after she has been 
cronned U-High’s Homecoming Queen. 


talkingwith friends, “I had a 
good time at the dance, but we 
had to stand in line for pictures 
for a long time,” sophomore 
Anna Schilawski said. 

The female 2002 
homecoming court members 
were: Sage Gosch-Braun, 

Megan Lynn, Megan Naik, 
Njideka Nnamani, Erin Moore- 
Ruddy and Ellie Somers. Stu 
Beurskens, Kyle Ferguson, Matt 
Lyons, Nels Pederson, Tyler 
Shoemaker, and Kevin Smith 



Photo by: Meredith Mercier 


Megan Naik gets a ride to the homecoming crowning. 



Photo by: Photography by Kent 
The Homecoming King and Queen are crowned again 
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By: Kaetlin Merriman 

Spirit week starts the 
homecoming week off with a 
bang and allows the students 
to show their true school 
colors as well as a sometimes 
odd fashion sense. The dress 
up days this year were pajama 
day, village people day, twin 
day, decade day, and green 
and gold day. 

Pajama day was by far 
the most popular of the dress 
up days. Students came to 
school dressed in their favorite 
P.J’s. Who would miss a day 
to be comfy? A new edition to 
spirit week this year was 
village people day. Students 
dressed as Indians, cops, 


construction workers, and 
cowboys, while chanting the 
YMCA song through the 
hallways. On twin day students 
came dressed as one another. 

On decade day students wore 
their favorite apparel from their 
favorite decades. Students 
came dressed in huge bell- 
bottoms and leisure suits. As 
the week was ending with 
homecoming approaching, 
students showed their true U- 
High pride with green and gold 
day. 

The annual pep 
assembly and bonfire was a 
great time for everyone. During 
the pep assembly the cheerlead¬ 
ers and poms pepped the 
students and players up for the 
big homecoming game. 



Photos by Meredith Mercier 


Seniors Maggie Barr and Samantha Clemons stood in by their last Bon Fire 
after the Pep Ralley homecomming week. 


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‘'We had a great time 
getting all the students and 
players pepped up!” said 
junior cheerleader Kalleigh 
Thomas. 

“We felt all the 
excitement and energy of our 
fellow students. It really got 
us pumped for our game,” 
said senior football player 
Demetri Golden. 

Another favorite 
tradition of the pep assembly 
is embarrassing the freshman 
by making them sing, “Tm a 
little teapot” in front of 
everyone. 


“The funniest part oftk ^ 
night had to be watching the 
scared freshman sing,”said 
sophomore Keeley Scott. 

“Tm a little teapot was * 
one of the most embarrassing 
things that anyone has made me 
do.” freshman Nina Chiodo 
added. ^ 

After riling the studenis 
and football players up for the 
big bonfire. Students listened to 
music and drank hot cocoa while 
they sat around the bonfire and ‘ 
socialized with their friends. 



Seniors Rachel Turner, Aly Becker, RIlie Somers and Njideka Nnamani all \ 

dressed the same to show their school spirit on twin day. 


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Left:Seniors Brian Bobbitt and Scott 
Graves relax while drinking hot choco¬ 
late during the Bon Fire homecomming 
week. 


Below: Sophomore Katherine Sliney 
and Junior W hitney Koch dance to a 
Puff Daddy song at thePep Ralley. 


Below: Junior cheerleader Caitli 
Parker cheers during the Pep ralley. 






Above: Football players Demitri 
Golden. Eric Palamino. Nick Rappa 
and Tyler Shoemaker pump up the 
rest of the school for the 
Homecomming game. 

Far Left: Freshman Amanda 
Dudgeon participates in the 
traditional “I’m a IJttle Tea Pot” 
song and dance during the Pep 
assemblv. 

Left: Math teacher Mike Sondgeroth 
annouces the cheerleaders during the 
Pep assembly 


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By: Sage Gosch-Braun 

Unlike previous years 
the 2002 powder puff game 
was about playing football and 
not about rivalries. “We didn't 
really get into fights during the 
game this year," said senior 
Suzanne Newberry, “no one 
really hated each other." 

The juniors came out 
the champions despite the effort 
put forth by the seniors. The 
senior team w'as greatly 
outnumbered with a team of 15 
against the junior team of 30. 

Most seniors agreed 
that they enjoyed the experi¬ 
ence, despite the loss. “Even 
though we lost 1 had a good 
time playing, it brought us 
together as a class and that was 
fun," senior Emily Sexton said. 

A major highlight of 
the game included first half 
touchdown by junior Jamie 
Blass, “1 was excited when I 
scored the first touchdown of 
the game, 1 think it set the game 
on track," Blass said. Blass 


received a pass from junior 
quarterback Chenay McDaniel 
and then ran the ball in from the 
40th yard line. Even though 
Blass scored the first touch¬ 
down, the main powerhouse for 
the juniors was Ashley Pistorius. 

Pistorius played w^ell 
both offensively and defensively 
by running the ball, blocking 
and tackling. “Ashlee was our 
best player, we were told just to 
give her the ball and block," 
junior Kaetlin Merriman said. 

No matter what the seniors did, 
Pistorius was unstoppable, “we 
couldn’t block her and we 
coLildnit catch her, she was just 
too fast," senior Maggie Barr 
said. 

As usual the football 
players coached both teams. 
“Coaching was fun this year but 
we were not very organized," 
senior coach Eric Palomino 
said. “The junior girls came to 


Photo by .Meredith Mercier 

Senior Megan Lynn helped senior Maggie Barr get her game face on. 


Photo by Adam \\ intersteen 

I op: Senior Kmily Sexton got the rest of the senior girls pumped up for thebil 
game. 

Abo> c: 1 he junior girls get togeather for a pre game pep talk for their 
coaches. 

Right: Senior Su/anne Newberry demenstrates that there were no hard 
feelings twards the juniors by huging junior \\ hitney Koch. 


practice and the game ready to 
play, and taking the game 
seriously gave us the edge," 
junior coach Jeremy Foster said. 

The sidelines were full 
of enthusiastic fans that came to 
watch the action, cheer, take 
pictures and get water for the 
exhausted players. The crowd 
was mostly made up of sopho¬ 
mores and parents who came 
support both teams, “1 came to 
watch the action and check out 
the competition for next year," 
sophomore Jacob Weis said. 

When the game was 
over, everyone congratulated 
each other; all insults were 
forgotten and left on the field. 
Fortunately, there were few tears 
shed, only minor injuries, and no 
hard feelings. 


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TIME. PLAYINc’ 

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Photo by Meredith Mercier 




Photo by Meredith Mercier 


Above: Senior Suzanne Newberry, practice tackeling with senior, Claire 
Scott, before the game. 

Below: The senior and junior girls get rough during the game. 



Photo bv Adam VVintersteen 



Photo by Adam Wintersteen 


Above: Junior Allie Aagesen, and Junior Kristin C'laricoates, right, take 
a look at their competetors. 


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By: Bridget Karns 

What's better than 
seeing a bunch of boys in 
Speedos and tuxes? Seeing 
them dance too. 

On February 8, 
seven senior boys strutted 
their stuff at the first Mr. U- 
High Pageant. The evening 
began with an opening 
number where contestants 
dressed in matching white 
t-shirts performed a dance 
routine to "It's Raining 
Men." Before the competi¬ 
tion, the men were judged 
on the activities they were 
involved in at U-High. At 
the competition, contestants 
competed in a number of 
events. These events 
included beachwear, 
evening wear, an answer 
and question session, and 
talent. 

The event was 
hosted by Mr. Sondgeroth, 
Amber Klawitter and 
Ericka Klawitter. The 
judges included alumni 
Kristi Witherow, French 
teacher Mary Witherow, 
and chorus director Chris 
Corpus 

The beach wear 
competition was one of the 
highlights of the show. 
While Beach Boys played in 
the background, the contes¬ 
tants modeled their Hawai¬ 
ian shirts and grass skirts, 
Eric Palomino made a 
splash with the judges in 
his surf board and Speedo 
and won the segment. 

The evening wear 
competition gave the 
contestants a chance to 
display their style. Each of 

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the contestants wore a 
tuxedo that displayed their 
individual style. Palomino 
and Matt Lyons both wore 
white tuxes. David Stites 
accessorized with a top hat 
and cane. Ladies also played 
a major role in the competi¬ 
tion. Ellie Somers, Meredith 
Mercier, Brittany Demont, 
Erin Ruddy, Angie 
Labounty, Emily Sexton, and 
Meghan Naik escorted the 
men during for evening wear 
competition. 

Throughout the 
evening video clips of the 
contestants were shown. 

The contestants talked about 
their experience in the Mr. 
U-High pageant and what 
they hoped to get out of it. 
Directed by Senior Liz 
Anholt, the videos gave the 
audience a behind the scenes 
look at the pageant. 

One of the most 
important segments of the 
evening was talent. All the 
contestants blew the audi¬ 
ence and judges away with 
their singing abilities. 
Ferguson played John 
Mayer's "Your Body is a 
Wonderland." Palomino 
and Pederson both sang 
while Stites performed a rap 
routine to "Holla Back". 
Lyons did also rapped as 
Jimmy Fallon singing to MC 
Hammer. Brad Bandy lip- 
synched to a mix of songs 
including, Christina 
Aguilera's "Genie in a 
Bottle," and Britney Spears' 
"Not a Girl, Not Yet a 
Woman." Muir played his 
guitar and song the Beatles' 



Photos by Jennifer French 


"Hide Your Love Away." 

"This song means a 
lot to me," Muir said before 
he sang. 

Ferguson took the 
crown of Mr. U-High and the 
2nd runner up was Muir, 
and 1st runner up was 
Palomino. Pederson won for 
activities and involvement in 
the preliminary category. At 
the end of the evening Stites 
took home the award for 
evening wear. Ferguson also 
won the talent and the 
question and answer compe¬ 
tition. 

"It was a lot of fun 
and I am glad so many 
people came out," Ferguson 
said. 

"1 am really glad that 
I was able to participate in 
something like this. I have a 
lot of great memories from 
the Mr. U-High Pageant," 
Pederson said. 

Over $600 was raised 
in ticket sales. The money 
raised will be given to the 
Haitian Mission in Troy 
Hari's name. 


Above; Seniors Kyle Ferguson, KricPiith 
niino, and David Stites try to impresstlit 
audiance and judges during the dana 
part of the Mr. U-High compotition. 


Below: Senior studs. Matt Lyons, Bnd 
Bandy and John Muir show of theirflub 
beach attire during the swim siii 
compotition of Mr.U-High. 























Left: Senior Nels Pederson learns the 
“It’s Raining Men” dance as Carly 
Griswald teaches it to him. 


Below Center: Mr.L-High 
competetors Eric Palomino. David 
Stites and Nels Pederson show their 
moves during the opening act. 



Below; Senior Eric Palomino shows his 
moves and stvie during the swim suit 
compitition. 






Above: Senior John Muir plays his guitar while singing “Hide Y our Love 
Away” a Beatles song that was also recorded by his favorite band Pearl Jam. 

Middle Left; Senior David Stites busts out his rapping abilities to “Holla 
Back.” 


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Bv: Mike Brown 
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An 18-foot castle and 
many other “Ever After” themed 
decorations filled the Miller 
Park Pavilion for the prom on 
May 3, 2003. The dance was 
preceded by the Grand March 
where students paraded across 
the stage in Stroud, where part 
of the after-prom party was also 
held. 

Grand March began 
with music softly playing in the 
background, and couples walked 
out onto the stage, under an 
arched castle. After all of the 
couples had made their way 
across the stage, members of the 
2003 Prom Court were asked to 
come forward. Kyle Yontz and 
Erika Klawitter were were 
crowned king and queen of the 
prom during the coronation 
ceremony. 



Prom court member Katie Pacilio 
and her escort, fellow court member 
John Muir await the annoucement of 
the 2003 King and Queen. 


Other members of the 
2003 court were: Matt Lyons, 
John Muir, Nels Pedersen, Kyle 
Ferguson, and Stuart Beurskens. 
Meghan Naik, Katie Pacilio, 

Erin Moore Ruddy, Lindsay 
McReynolds, and Ellie Somers. 

After the crowning 
couples went out for dinner. 
Popular restaurants included 
Central Station, Jim’s 
Steakhouse, and Michael’s. 
“Michael’s had really good 
food,” junior Amanda Bier said, 
“It was a great atmosphere and 
was easy to seat a group of 

people.” 

After dinner, students 
danced the night away at Miller 
Park Pravilion as the DJ blared 
popular songs, from R. Kelly’s 
“Remix to Ignition” to 50 Cent’s 
“In Da Club,” but prom is about 
more than the music. 

“The decorations, 
music, and people really made 
the atmosphere special,” senior 
Brittany Demont said. 

Kent Simpson took 
photos of couples in front of the 
backdrop provided by juniors 
Ali Reed and Cori Replogle. “I 
think the backdrop looks really 
nice in all of the pictures,” Reed 
said. “It turned out really well,” 
Replogle added. 

The Booster’s Club 
was responsible for the after¬ 
prom party. The after-prom 
party was held in the U-High 
lounge, large gym, and audito¬ 
rium. Students were greeted at 
the doors, and given Mardi Gras 
beads as well as a number to 
claim their door prize. 



Photos by Photography by Kent 


Senior Ericka Klawitter and Kyle Yontz take a moment to smile for cameras 
after being annonced King and Queen of the 20113 Everafter Prom. 


Laughter was heard 
from Stroud as the hypnotist 
took to the stage and made 
students think they were famous 
celebrities. In the large gym 
various obstacle courses, video 
games, and other games were 
set-up. Some students chose to 
show off their singing “talent” 
by singing karaoke in the 
lounge. 

Each time that a 
student played a game they 
received a raffle ticket to take 
chances on various prizes. 
Senior Tony Gannaway won the 
much sought after flat screen 
TV. 

Once again the U-High 
prom was a success. The 
creative decorations at the 
Grand March, the great food at 
dinner, the popular music, and 
most importantly the great time 
had with friends have forever 
made this a night that no one 
will ever forget. 



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Ri^ht; Juniors Shane Irving, Doug Simpson and Jason 
Boner shon off their dance moves to impress the ladies 
at the Junior/Senior prom at Miller Park. 

Below: Senior Lee Tewell enjoys himself at 2003 
Junior/ Senior prom at Miller Park Pavillion. 




Below Left: Seniors Adam 
VVintersteen, Aly Becker, Bryce 
German and Rachel Turner enjoy a 
slow dance at their last prom. 

Below: Senior Prom Court members 
Meghan Naik and Matt Lyons await 
the announcement of the Prom King 
and Queen. 




Above: Senior Reid Nickel gets hoisted into the air by fellow classmates during 
the Junior/Senior Prom at Miller Park Pavillion. 


Right: Junior Lricka Holt and senior Corv V'ont/ enjov the last slow dance of 
the evening togeather. 



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By: Meredith Mercier 

With the frequent 
rumors that class night was 
coming to an end this year, it 
was the senior class that needed 
to “put the ‘class’ back into 
classnight.” 

The seniors overcame 
tight restrictions and limited 
time to put on a show worthy of 
the Class Night tradition. 

“We really wanted 
class night to be a class night 
everbody remembers this year” 
said Senior Meghan Naik who 
was a member of the 2003 class 
night committee. 

“The hardest thing 
about classnight this year is that 
it is all on video and we only 
have 1 1/2 hours” said video 
director Elizabeth Anhalt. 

Seniors put in endless 


hours to pull it oft. “I spent 
more time at Liz Anhalt’s 
house that month editing 
videos than I spent at my own” 
senior Matt Lyons said. 

With video underway, 
there was still music to orga¬ 
nize and a dance to pertomi. 

The only thing that was allowed 
live was the dance that the 
senior girls put on. “I’m glad 
that we got to do the dance live, 
we worked really hard on it and 
hopefully it will prove that we 
have respect and can be 
allowed open mics once again” 
said senior Njideka Nnamani. 

The senior girls 
danced to Christina Aguilera’s 
“Dirty,” while the bands 
Second Attention and unde¬ 
cided performed several live 


songs. 

“It felt great to be up 
on stage in front of my freinds 
singing knowing that this was 
the time we were going to say 
goodbye” said senior John 
Muir. 

After the whole 
production was over one 
tradition that was not going to 
be changed was moving up of 
classes. 

This is one of the most 
special trations here at U-high 
that has been here since the 
beginning. As all the seniors 
said their last goodbyes the 
juniors became seniors, 
sophomores became juniors, 
freshman became sophomores 
and the incoming became 
freshman. 



Below left: Matt Lyons and Nets 
Pederson. 


Below: Carly Grisw old and Sage j 
Gosch-Braun dance as part of the ' 
Class Night performance 



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Bv: Jennifer French and Meredith Merceir 


The senior class of 
2003’s last lunch hour was 
[spent in style. After the awards 
ceremony in Stroud Auditorium 
the seniors made their way 
across town to the Bloomington 
Country Club. There, a buffet 
hill of salads, fruits, fish, meat, 
bread vegetables, and a ton of 
lessens were waiting just for 
them. 

After brunch the 
highly anticipated senior 
awards were given to very 
distinguished senior classmen. 
While people laughed at who 
was most likely to live in a van 
down by the river (Josh 
Michael and Shayla Swiebaker) 
and Most likely to be on 
Springer (Suzanne Newberry 
and Nick Kennedy) others 
enjoyed receiving their awards. 


like Rachel Turner and Alan 
Turner who received the best 
body award or Becca Stone and 
Miles Schritlowwho were given 
the award for best eyes. 

The seniors also 
learned who was going to run 
our country (Katie Pacilio and 
Matt Martin) and who will most 
likely to succeed (Andre 
Francois and Mary Risius). 

Though, the day cannot 
be compelete with just awards. 
The seniors all gathered outside 
to take a class picture. After the 
picture, seniors took some 
pictures of their own with close 
friends. After this they all 
dispursed their seperate ways. 

It was their last day of school 
and their last day togeather. It 
was a fun filled day that every 
senior will remember. 



Above Mike Conte proudly holds up his class 
award. 


Rij^ht: Nels Pedersen and Meredith Mercier 
emcee the senior brunch. 


Below: Class clown Li/ Anhalt gets in one last 
prank. 





Left: James Clesson makes good use of the bubbles that were supplied 
as table decorations at the Class Brunch 

Below: Megan Hannah and Reijo Saajasto help thcmsives to the 
dessert buffet 



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By: Jennifer French 


For the class of 2003, 
it was a night that took four 
years of preparation. On May 
15 this year’s graduating class 
took to the stage at Braden 
Auditorium as a senior class 
for the last lime. 

The seniors arrived in 
cap and gown, and gathered in 
the basement to get final 
instructions from Mr. 
Sondgeroth. After lining up, 
the class of 2003 went up on 
stage to receive their diplomas. 
Not every student was present, 
however. Cory' and Kyle 
Yontz made it to IHSA State 
Finals in track, which unfortu¬ 
nately was on the same night as 
graduation and Rebecca 
Wenning had to leave the 
country for an exchange 
program. 

Matt Martin. Senior 
student body president, began 
the ceremony by welcoming 
everyone to Braden Audito¬ 
rium and then introduced 
Prinicipal, Dr. Gary O’Malley. 
O’Malley’s speech focused on 
some of the some amazing 


acheivcments of the class of 
2003. 

A few seniors were 
chosen to give speeches as 
well at the graduation cer¬ 
emony. Carly Griswold, 
Amber Klawitter, Njideka 
Nnamani, and Katie Pacilio all 
spoke about their high school 
experience and gave words of 
encouragement and inspiration 
to their fellow' classmates. 

Seniors who took part 
in chorus over the school year 
were given the honor to sing 
the U-Hieh Alma Mater before 
the diplomas were handed out. 

Finally, it was time 
for the 159 seniors to graduate. 
All the seniors took their walk 
across the stage and received 
their diploma and a flower. 

After the ceremony 
all of the seniors said their last 
good bye’s to the teachers and 
faculty. They also met with 
family and friends to take 
pictures and talk about their 
high school experiences. 




Above: Senior Michael 
Conte walked across the 
stage of Braden 
Auditorium after 
receiving his avard for 
National Honor Society. 

Left: TheU-High 
Administration looks on 
as students give speeches 
and prepare to graduate 

LRight: Senior Ryan 
Meier recieves his 
National Honor Society 
Tassel. 



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l.i'ft: Chorus Director C'hris Corpus directs 
members of the senior choir while they sin}; the 
Alma Mater. 

Center: Angie Lahounts, Peter l.amonica and 
Michael Kruse walk out of Braden Auditorium 
with proud faces after the commencement 
exercises. 

Below ; Senior members of the 1>-High chorus sing 
the Alma Mater. 




IS by Photography by Kent 





Abose right: Senior K\ne Brewer 
walked out of Braden Auditorium 
fallowing the commencemnt 
ceremony. 

Above left: C-Migh Principal Dr. 
Gary O'Malley speaks during the 
commencment ceremonv. 


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PbUfOZA. 


Bv: Jamie Blass 
« 

What could be better 
than Pioneer Palooza -- the 
student band showcase that, 
gives students a place to 
sing, play instruments and 
act like rock stars for a few 
hours? How about two 
Paloozas. 

That's right: this 
year both a fall and a spring 
showcase graced the U-High 
lounge -- and while there 
was some overlapping, the 
pool of talent was so large 
that only a few bands had 
repeat performances. 

For the performers 
Pioneer Palooza is one of the 
year's most important 
events. "It is a pretty impor¬ 
tant because it is different 
than everything else, it is 
very unique," said junio 
Katie Sebald who performed 
as the bassist for the band 


Simple in Theory. 

"It's a nice opportu¬ 
nity to play for our friends. 
Everywhere else we play we 
have to pay." 

Junior Josh Kossman, 
who perfomred as a singer 
and guitarist in the band Dry 
Ice Factory, added that the 
event is also important for 
the students in the audience. 
"It provides a release valve 
for students. It shows how 
open U-High is. Its a lot of 
fun." 

Fun was key singer 
Shane Irvin, who performed 
in the fall Palooza and found 
many reasons to love 
Palooza. "It's a chance to 
show your musical talent 
and it's a great social event, 
but most importantly its 
great just to rockout in front 
of all of your friends. 



.Senior Rob Carroll sings as his band Simple in Theory performs at the 
spring Pioneer Palooza. Simple in Theory was one of a hew bands that 
performed in both the fall and spring concerts. 



Above: Senior Zach Miner sings and plays guitar. His band Second Attention 
played during the spring Palooza concert. 

Below left: Senior Michael Kruse plays drums during the fall Pioneer 
Palooza. His band. Natural Elements, went on to play during the spring 
conert as well. 



Below left: Senior .Justin Hopkins joins Second Attention to rap for twosonp 
during the spring Pioneer Palooza concert. 


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A high school year 
would not be complete without 
a handful of dances, and this 
year the dances at U-High 
served a variety of purposes 
besides just giving students a 
place to relax and dance 
together. 

The Welcome Back 
dance was the most popular 
dance at U-High besides 
Homecoming and Prom. This 
dance allowed the underclass¬ 
men to meet the other classes in 
the school. It also allowed all 
of the students to catch up with 
what everyone did over thes 
summer. 

The Welcome Back 
dance also gave students a 
chance to try out their new 
school wardrobes. ‘‘ I always 
like it when me and my friends 
get to figure out what we are 
going to dress up as for the 
dance ” senior Megan Naik 
said. 

In December, the 
Winter Formal gave students a 
second chance to dress up and 
get down. The proceeds of the 
dance went to a charity sup¬ 


ported by the student Senate. 

Key Club had their 
annual “Black Light” dance in 
January. Here students were 
able to purchase and decorate t- 
shirts that would glow under a 
black light the week heading in 
to the dance. 

Culture Club decided 
to put on a dance of their own 
their own this year and the 
Mardi Gras dance was held for 
the first time ever in the spring. 

A fun and more non- 
traditional dance, TWIRP (the 
woman is required to pay) gave 
the women of school the 
“power” to ask the guys of the 
school if they would like to go 
to the dance with them. Before 
the dance, the women were to 
buy dinner and take their dates 
to the dance. 

The last dance of the 
year was the Class Night dance, 
w'hich gave the seniors an 
opportunity to have their last 
dances with their friends at U- 
High while allowing them to 
also welcome in the incoming 
freshman. 



Above: Harvest Dance judges Mike Sondgerolh, Lester Hampton 
and Brian Conant examine the contestants for best costume. 




Above (top): No trip to 
any dance would be 
complete without a 
picture. Here a group of 
seniors pause for a 
moment at the Winter 
Formal 

Above: Students dancing 
at the Winter Formal. 

l.eft: Seniors Samantha 
Clemons, Matt Lyons 
and Eric Palomino take 
a break from dancing at 
the \\ inter Formal 


Left: Seniors Megan 
Naik and Aly Becker 
dance to the music at 
the TW IRP Dance. 


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By: Tony Gannaway, Ellie Sommers 


Three busses full of U- 
High chorus and orchestra 
students took a trip to New 
York to compete in the New 
York Music Festival this spring. 
The students saw many diverse 
and talented musical groups. 
Among the talent at the compe¬ 
tition, U-High proved to be one 
of the best. 

The last night of the 
trip was spent at Medieval 


Times for the awards ceremony. 
U-High came home with a total 
of five trophies. The women of 
Chorus I and II received second 
place for their performaces. 
Orchestra was awarded first 
place and received the grand 
champion trophy. The final 
group to compete was Madri¬ 
gals, who also received first 
place. 

Aside from musical 



Far left: Sophomore Catherine Anhalt, and seniors Katie Pacilio and Liz 
Anhalt get ready to go to the Cadillac Palace in New \ ork City. 


Below: The Statue of Liberty doesn't look that bigi One of the first places the 
students visited was the Statue of Liberty. 






competitions, touring the city 
was also on the agenda. 
Among the fun filled activities 
were trips to the Lincoln 
Center, Carnegie Hall, NBC 
Studios, China Town, Little 
Italy, Liberty and Ellis Island, 
Ground Zero, Times Square, 
and Fifth Avenue. 

Many memories were 
created and friendships grew 
stronger thoughout the trip. It 
was an experience none of the 
students will ever forget. 



Photos pro> ided by Liz Anhakl 


Above: Junior Carrie V esper and senior Liz Anhalt pose like McCully Culkin 
from “’Home Alone” infront of the Plaza Hotel in New York City. 

Left:Junior Carrie Vesper, sophomore Keely Scott, senior Claire Scott, junior 
Ashley Stultz, and senior Anne Savage take a group picture in Time Square, j 

Below: Junior Shane Irvin and senior Claire Scott wave to the camera as they 
pass by the “Late Show with David Letterman” in New York City. 



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C{?ASTA RjCaTrIP 



By: Mike Brown 


On March 5th, 2003, 

21 students set out on an 
adventure. Along with foreign 
language teachers Patricia 
Arnold, Karen Potter, former U- 
High foreign language teacher 
Karen Sams-Davis, and two 
parents, the students experi¬ 
enced life in Costa Rica first 
hand. 

Originally the trip was 
planned to take place in Spain. 
However, due to safety con¬ 
cerns the trip was changed to 
Costa Rica. In hindsight most 
students were happy the trip 
was changed to Costa Rica. “At 
first I had mixed feelings,” 
sophomore Jonathan Ken said, 
“but now 1 would pick Costa 
Rica over Spain any day.” 

During the eight day 
“Viaje Tropical,” the U-High 
travelers were exposed to many 
amazing things. Students 
visited the Poas volcano, which 
is one of the most accessible 
active volcanoes in the world. 
Students stood at the edge of its 
crater and looked down 1000 
feet to the geyser like eruptions. 

The group also visited 
the Teatro Nacional, which was 
modeled after the Paris Opera 
House. Arnold said that the 


theater was built from coffee 
taxes and that when a certain 
famous opera singer was going 
to visit San Jose, the coffee 
fanners of the town taxed 
themselves so the theatre could 
be built. This exemplifies how 
important the arts are in Costa 
Rican culture. 

The group also visited 
the Monteverde cloud forest. 
Students and chaperones alike 
swung from tree to tree in 
between the canopies of the 
rainforest. “My favorite part of 
the trip was definitely the 
canopy tour,” junior Maura 
Styczynski said, “At the end we 
swung on a rope, like Tarzan.” 

Ken said he thought the 
biggest culture difference was 
that pedestrians don’t have the 
right of way. Styczynski added 
that the police stood in front of 
the stores in San Jose with 
shotguns. 

The group had a 
fantastic time. When asked 
what they would take away from 
this trip almost all of the 
travelers replied “Pura vida!” 
This is a Costa Rican phrase 
meaning “the good life,” which 
summarizes the 2003 Spanish 
trip, “the good life.” 


Above (top): Senior Mary Carlson, freshman Jonathan Ken, sophomore 
Tomas/ Stadnik, junior Martin Landrail, and seniors Miriam Cebhardt, 
.Amanda Donnan and Renata Sancken. 


Above (bottom): Juniors Jackie Ruhenacker and Brianna Galloway wait in 
OMIare Airport for their connecting plane to Miami, Florida 






.Above: Junior Josh Kossman and 
seniors Amanda Donnan and Miriam 
Cebhardt take in the beautiful scenery 
of Costa Rica. 

Far left: Seniors Trina Karim, Renata 
Sancken, .Amanda Donnan and Miriam 
Cebhardt pose with their skirts they 
boujiht in Costa Rica. 

Left: Freshman Jonathan Ken 
celebrates his birthday while in Costa 
Rica at a local restaurant. 


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Jim Allen 
Shyla Anderson 
Patricia Arnold 
Carol Benson 
Barbara Bills 
Sandra Brown 
Kathy Clesson 

Brian Conant 
Beverly Cornell 
Chris Corpus 
Doris Cropp 
Cory Culbertson 
Brad Bearing 
Marc Feaster 

Robert Fitzgerald 
Charles Gault 
Amy Gayle 
Lester Hampton 
Jan Harrell 
Angie Hegstorm 
Mike Henning 

Thomas Holbrook 
Cal Hubbard 
Debbie Hubbard 
Bruce Hurley 
Janeice Ives 
Vicki Jacobs 
Martha Kieser 



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Chris Kozik 
Jim Kurz 
Char Lehnen 
Dixie Lee Lewis 
Dr. Nick Lilak 
Bob Morris 
Donna Murray 

Erin Meyers 
Kathy Oberhardt 
Don Petty 
Jim Potter 
Karen Potter 
Nancy Schenck 
Peggy Scott 

Laura Sellers 
Mar>^ Sigler 
Wendy Smith 
Michael Sondgeroth 
Cindi Sutherland 
Linda Tate 
Suzie Thetard 

Ann Vercler 
Mike Virlee 
Diane Walker 
Jermaine Ware 
Marv W'itherow 
Linda Witte 
Bobbi Wojcik 


By: Kellv Morris 
*■ « 

Enthusiasm and dedication 
are the ingredients needed 
for what it takes to be a 
teacher and coach at the 
same time. Laura Sellers 
came to U-High interested in 
finding a job to teach math 
and be able to coach basket¬ 
ball and softball as well. 

Sellers has acheived 
that goal and has contributed 
to the success of both 
athletic programs. She also 
coaches the 8th grade girls’ 
basketball team at Metcalf 
School. Sellers works with 
sophomores through seniors 
in her Accelerated Geometry 
classes and Algebra 11 
Trigonometry classes. 

Sellers has learned 
to juggle all of these respon- 



Laura Sellers at work in the spring 
coaching girls softball. In the winter 
ne would find Sellers coaching 
basketball, when she's not teahing 
math 

sibilities because of her 
passion for teaching and 
coaching. 

“The biggest quality is 


time management skills as 
well as patience and 
commitment,” Sellers said. 
It’s obvious that she 
carries patience and 
commitment through with 
her students, 

“In the classroom 
Coach Sellers wants 
everybody to understand 
what we are learning; Just 
like in basketball she 
wants evei 7 body to 
comprehend all of the 
necessary infonnation 
needed to be a successful 
player,” sophomore 
basketball player Lindsay 
BeiTsche said. 

While school is 
not in session. Sellers is 
traveling all over the 
United States, 


She constantly 
attends college level 
women’s basketball camps to 
improve her coaching skills, 
and plans on adding camps in 
Connecticut, Tennessee, and 
Penn State this summer. “I 
bring back some new drills, 
plays, or maybe some stories 
about their programs. I’ve 
met some great coaches and 
players,” Sellers said. 

Someday Seilers 
would like to be a head 
coach for both girls Class A 
and A A basketball teams or 
possibly get into college 
coaching, and settling down 
with a family. 

Until then, though, 
she is happy to have her 
hands full with the U-High 
programs, players and 
students. 


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Photo by: Jamie Blass 

Above: Senior Bridget Karns works 
dilligently on the computer. Bottom 
Ri^ht: Senior Stewart Bruskens tests 
the ice cream at Bloomington 
Country Club at the Senior Brunch. 



Above: Senior Kyle Ferguson plays 
with bubbles at the Senior Brunch at 
Bloomington Country Club. Above 
Left: Senior Claire Scott works very 
hard during an Environmental 
Science Class. 





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Bv: Amv VVhikehart 

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Senior Amber Klawitter 
was Bloomington’s first 
representative at Junior 
Miss, a scholarship compe¬ 
tition. 

Klawitter competed 
against 22 girls from 
different cities in Illinois. 
Klawitter decided to enter 
the competition in June 
when she watched last 
year’s national finals on 
TV. She had to put many 
hours of work getting ready 
for the competition. 

This time was spent 


preparing for her talent, 
finding the suitable outfits, 
filling out 20 pages of 
information about herself, 
and practicing for her 
interview. But Junior Miss 
is not just a one-day show; it 
is a week long event. The 
week before the final show, 
Klawitter went to Joliet with 
the other girls to participate 
in a fitness program, leader¬ 
ship seminars, and several 
presentations that the girls 
lead. 

Klawitter said her 
favorite part of the week 
was when she and her 


roommate showed their 
“Hands are not for Hitting” 
presentation in front of the 
fourth grade class at Eliza 
Kelly grade school. 

“I love being a role 
model to the younger ones 
around me. Some of them 
even asked for my auto¬ 
graph!” she said. 

The final competi¬ 
tion was judged on scholas¬ 
tics, an interview, fitness, 
talent, poise, and communi¬ 
cations. Overall, Klawitter 
said she had a wonderful 
experience, and she met 
many wonderful people. 



Above: Senior Amber Klawitter 
sings ^In Their Eyes’’ for her talent 
at Junior Miss in Joliet. IL 


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during a basketball game at U-High. 


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Bv: Ellie Sommers 

Barbie would be a 
great nickname for Senior 
Emily Jean Meier. With 
bright blonde hair and copper 
coated skin, this six feet two 
inch tall girl is without a 
doubt gorgeous. But being 
like Barbie is not her only 
positive attribute. Emily is a 
rough and tough gal with a 
soft heart. 

Emily’s younger 
brother, Brad, has nicknamed 
her "Legs” and "Tree.” He 
says her best feature is her 
height. "It makes her unique 
and standout from the rest of 
the girls.” Emily says that 
the only hard thing about 


being tall is when it comes to 
shopping for clothes. 

Living in Mackinaw 
has not been so bad for 
Emily. This small and quiet 
town is home to Emily and 
most of her friends. Ironi¬ 
cally, Emily enjoys loud and 
exciting things. About two 
years ago she took up a new 
hobby which consisted of 
motorcycles, dirt tracks, 
friends, family, and the sun. 
During the warm summer 
hours, Emily, her friends and 
family, enjoy eventful days 
at numerous motorcycle 
races. She travels to towns 
all over to watch many of 
her closest friends compete. 


It is not often that 
you meet a girl that spends 
time at motorcycle races, 
who also enjoys time on the 
basketball court. Being 6'2, 
Emily plays center for the 
Pioneers. She has dedicated 
five years to basketball thu^ 
far and has four more to 

spend in college. 

Emily plans to attend 

the University of Southern 
Indiana with a major in 
Communications, specializ¬ 
ing in advertising. Basket¬ 
ball will also be on her 
agenda for she plans to ph} 
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By: Amy W hikehart 

Ever since she was 
five years old, senior 
Emily Ranney has fol¬ 
lowed her dad's interest in 
bowling. ”1 was first 
interested in bowling 
because 1 would watch my 
dad bowl in his Tuesday 
night league," Ranney said. 

Starting at an early age 
helped her become suc¬ 
cessful. She has bowled 
for many scholarship 
opportunities, and has won 
small amounts of money 
from them. She currently 
is involved in a Thursday 
night league that goes from 
November until March, 'it 


is nice to go to bowl every 
week and just have a good 
time with my friends,'’ 
Ranney said. Being involved 
in bowling for so long, 
Ranney has found that she 
has a natural talent for the 
sport. 

“Though 1 only bowl 
a few months out of the year, 
1 find that it does not really 
affect my playing ability,” 
Ranney said. And it shows: 
this year she bowled her 
highest game, 259 as well as 
her highest series (3 games) 
674. 

When asked about 
adding a bowding club at 
school, Ranney was up for 


the idea. "It would be cool to 
get people involved in 
bowling, even if it is just to 
socialize with friends and 
have a good time." 

In additon to bowl¬ 
ing, Ranney also works at a 
tax agency and also plays on 
the varsity girls golf team. 
She made the IHSA State 
Finals all four years of her 
high school career. 

She plans to attend 
Methodist College in 
Fayettville, NC and major in 
business administration with 
a specialty of professional 
golf management. 


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senior has een bosviing for thirteen 
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Vbovc: Katie Pacilio and her sister Amy wlio is also a member o! the speech team. This year the 
earn was very successful in no small part due to Pacilio’s convincing portrail of an HW positive mother 
vhich won her a second place at the State competition. 


By: Bridget Karns 

It’s hard to imagine 
that an 18 year old high school 
student could convincingly 
portray the emotions of an 
HIV positive mother. For 
Katie Pacilio, it was a reward¬ 
ing challange she took on this 
year as part of her work as a 
member of the speech team. 

Pacilio placed 2nd in 
state with her speech in the 
Oratorical Declamation event. 
She is the first U-High student 
in ten years to do so. 

Oratorical Declama¬ 
tion is an acting event. Speech 
team members memorize an 8 
- minute speech and write an 
introduction to it. The goal is 
to present the speech as if they 
were the person that wrote it. 

"When Fm on the 
^tage Pm trying to get into 
character and thinking about 
what the writer was trying to 
convey when she wrote the 
speech-my goal is to make it 
believable,” Pacilio said. 

Pacilio prepares for a 
speech competition by re¬ 
hearsing the speech and 


practicing her movements 
until they seem natural. 

She said the hardest 
thing for her is getting over the 
initial nervousness of being on 
stage alone. “It was the 
hardest freshman year, and at 
State I was really nervous,” 
she said. 


Katie’s mother Cheryl 
Pacilio and the rest of her 
family have supported her in 
Speech by helping her practice 
a piece and research. Said 
Cheryl, “Mostly we’re just her 

biggest fans.” 

“When she was little 
she never spoke out loud, it’s 
amazing because she was so 


introverted as a child,” she 
added. 

Katie’s speech 

background has also prepared 
her for a career. She plans on 
being an attorney and expects 
it will involve a lot of public 
addresses. 

“Speech team is the 
epitome of what my future 
career involves,” she said. 


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Profile; TJ-Turner 


By: Jennit'cr French 
For Tj Turner, 

becoming an eagle scout was 
just one of the many activities 
he chose to commit to this year. 
But what a commitment. 

According to Turner 
being an Eagle Scout “is a step 
above what most other boy 
scouts accomplish-only 1% of 
all boy scouts ever accomplish 
the rank of Eagle Scout, being 
an eagle scout give you an extra 
edge in life.” 

In order to receive the 
prestigious title he had to 
complete a service activity. 

Turner decided to hold 
a blood drive as his serv'ice 
project. He chose this project 
because he felt that it was a 
necessary service that people 



should do for others. “People 
always need blood,” he said. 

Setting up the blood 
drive took quite a w'hile to 
organize. He began his initial 
planning around April of 2002 


and during the summer he set 
the date and tried getting the 
word out. It took him a total of 
about 8-10 weeks of hard 
planning and preparation. To 
get the word out TJ sent flyers 
to people through Boy Scouts. 
He also put an article in three 
church bulletins in the commu¬ 
nity and flyers up in the school. 

The response was 
better than expected, TJ 
commented, “it was pretty 
steady, there are people coming 
in who 1 don't even know.” 

Some of Turner’s 
friends decided to come and 
help him during his blood drive. 
His younger brother, Patrick 
helped comfort people while 
they were giving blood and also 


served people food after fc 
were done. “This was realiv ! 

nice and well done. Here-' 

cruited people who otherwise 
would of not attended” Patn- 
said. ' 

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eagle scout, said that TJ is a 

good role model and works kw 
at whatever he is doing. ^ 

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also came to support TJ as well 
at the blood drive. “1 came to 
the blood drive because he is 
my friend and 1 know that it is | 
important to him,” Griswold 
said. 

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By: Shayla Swibaker 

There are many things 
Anna Schilawski loves 
doing in her spare time. 

She can often be found 
playing tennis and soccer — 
and helping other teens by 
working at the TAG 
hotline. 

TAG is a group that 
is equipped to discuss 
numerous issues that 
teenagers have in their daily 
lives. TAG counselors talk 
to peers about anything and 
everything. Their motto is 
to ‘‘educate, not influence,”. 


Some of the issues that they 
discuss are general sexuality, 
contraception, pregnancy, 
communication, violence, 
Sexually Transmitted Infec¬ 
tions (STI’s), self- esteem, 
relationships, drug and 
alcohol problems, depression, 
and suicide. TAG is specifi¬ 
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these issues. 

To complete training 
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first 10 hours, and then the 
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time. “You complete it by 
knowing everything we have 
learned and taking a two-hour 
test,” Schilawski said. 


The group meets 
every Thursday for two 
hours. They brush up on 
new information and create 
stronger bonds. 

“I know 1 can trust 
all of them and they won’t 
judge me or talk about me 
behind my back,” she said. 
“This is how a lot of people 
in the group feel about each 
other. They have a vow of 
confidentiality that they 
take in the beginning of 
training.” 

No matter who the 
person is, what they did, or 
what they said, the TAG 


members are not able to 
give out personal informa¬ 
tion. 

“We also have a hotline, 
TAG line, which people can 
call in and get information. 
Schilawski said. 

TAGline is an eas) 
way to get information fast 
The TAGline hotline is 
there if you have any 
unanswered questions 
floating in your head. 

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to answer your question fof 
you, they will direct you to 
a source that knows the 
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successful years of service U-High has 
ever seen. And while much of the work 
was done to raise cash for organizations 
like Adopt a Family or The Red Cross, 
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dim' and work more closely with local 
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Fok while other clubs developed their 
owTi projects, like the Key Club, whose 
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leaves for needy members of the 
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Jackie Rubenacker (above) helps clean a furniture 
storage facility and Jeff Kerestes and Brian Sinn 
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together as the National Honor Society spruced up 
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By: Mike Brown 

As if adjusting to life 
as a junior in high school was 
not stressful enough, with 
classes, social events and the 
beginning of the college search, 
Sandhya Chandrasekaran while 
adjusting to life in the United 
States. 

Sandy moved here 
from the coastal city of 
Chennai in the south of India, a 
tropical country and the 
minimum temperature there 
wouldn't have been below 65. 

‘‘We had a lot of rain 
throughout the year; there were 
lush green trees and nice humid 
weather. I used to spend a lot of 
time on the beach," she said, 
“It's so different here. It took 
time to adjust and that is what I 



did, but it was hard." 

After her family moved 
here during the summer of 2002 
for business, Chandrasekaran 
began looking at the area 
schools. “I chose U-High 
because it's highly competitive 
and I heard that the people are 
really serious about studies". 

The application 


process was difficult for 
Chandrasekaran. She had to 
turn in her essay from India and 
it arrived after the deadline. 

She came here from India to 
find that there were 26 appli¬ 
cants and only three seats 
available. “I am so happy that 1 
was one of the three and I am 
really thankful to everyone 
here, who helped me get into 
U-High," she said. 

The students that have 
become friends with 
Chandrasekaran are also 
grateful that she was accepted 
for admission. “She’s such a 
great person and is always 
willing to help others,” sopho¬ 
more Caitlin Lartz said. 

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day was a biu adiustment 


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gods, Chandrasekaran said. 
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class hour where we inte^ti 
with our classmates and lalfe 
about things. Wethenhad(^ 
classes as well as a 20-minm 
lunch and a ten-minute breai 

before that. The school day 
ended at four. But to be frani 
the biggest difference is that 
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The score has just been tied, or the curtain is about to go up or the 
ad just can't seem to pull together in the last set. No matter what 
acHvitV you participate in, you've been in a crunch. It's part of the fun 
of sports and activities but sometimes in these times of pressure, it's 
too easy to look for senior leadership to help the team squeeze out of a 
bind, ^oner or later, juniors have to start taking over and helping 
with morale or getting the important pin. On this page are some 
examples of juniors who stepped up this year, like Jennifer White 
(right) whose leadership in band lasted all year and Nick Adams 
(below) who boosted morale for the boys of summer during the 
baseball season. 








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By: Ailie Jocson 

It is the first day of 
school and the students file 
into their first hour classes. 
After everyone is seated, the 
inevitable question hangs in 
the air: what did everyone do 
this summer? Most answers 
consists of hanging out with 
friends, going on vacation, 
and to the pool. Then a 
refreshing new twist is heard: 
Sarah Tyrrel tells of how she 
participated in the Ragbrai- 
Register’s annual great bike 
ride across Iowa. 

As a tradition in her 
family, her grandfather took 
her on the Ragbrai ride only 
to find that she would fall in 
love with it. 

The Ragbrai-Register 
takes course over seven days 


in the summer. The partici¬ 
pants sleep in tents outside of 
towns located across Iowa. 
Everyone takes showers at 
different schools and loads 
their belongings into a truck 
driven by another club 
member. After a day of 
riding is over, the partici¬ 
pants stop at the last town of 
the day. After cleaning up 
and showering, they head out 
for a night on the town. 

An adventure such as 
this obviously has its advan¬ 
tages, ‘Tou really see 
yourself differently after you 
are done,’Tyrell said. In this 
type of setting, laying out 
goals is an essential. When 
you ride long distances on 
your bike it is a whole new 


ball game. Finishing Ragbrai 
is enough to brag about but 
Tyrell can not wait for the 
day when she is called a 
“Ragbrai veteran.” Riding a 
bike across an entire state 
also has its disadvantages. 
“The first two days can be 
really rough because you 
think you did not train hard 
enough but then you get into 
shape and love the whole 
ride,” Tyrell said. Besides 
living in tents, some days 
may consist of taking show¬ 
ers in an old livestock bam. 
Those elements do not stop 
Sarah. 

Sarah has been 
participating in Ragbrai since 
she was thirteen years old 
and she plans to keep doing 


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take tours in different coun¬ 
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ride her bike across the 
country. “When I arrive at ^ 
town, I look back and think ^ 
about all of the people I met 
and how I accomplished 
something that so many 
others would not even ^ 
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Left: Sophomore Jared Huff plays his guitar with his band at Il-High during 
the Pioneer Paloo/a concert in the lounge. 


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[ Sophomore Jared 
Huffs band name, The Pars, 
might be misleading. After 
all, means “average . 

. Huffisjust a regular high 

school student, but his work 
^ and accomplishments are 
I definitely not just average. 
Huff is one of two 
guitarists in his band. He 
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: The Pars play what the guys 
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I punk and rock.” 

] Huff started playing 
the guitar when his dad 
' bought him his first guitar 
for his 11 th birthday. He can 
also play bass, drums, and 
piano. 

The Pars have been 
together for a year and a half. 


Huff s friend and band mate 
Ty Zavitz started playing 
with Huff and together they 
came up with the idea of 
starting a band. 

Since they have been 


together, the band has played 
at U-High’s Pioneer Palooza, 
ISU’s Bowling and Billiard 
Center, and Eastview Chris¬ 
tian Church. The most 
memorable performance, in 


Huff s opinion, was their 
first performance at Pioneer 
Palooza in the fall. “It was 
our first time in front of 
actual people, besides our 
parents, so it was definitely 
different, but good,” 

Huffs greatest 
accomplishment is writing 
his own music and lyrics. 
The Pars occasionally do 
covers of songs, but they 
mainly write everything on 
their own. 

Huff s parents have 
had a big impact on his 
success. His dad was in 
several bands as a teenager, 
so he has a lot of advice to 
give his son. “1 tell him 
what worked for us and what 
didn’t. 1 think it is great how 
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By; Kaetlin Merriman 

How did you spend 
your winter break? Freshman 
Melissa Shanahan spent ten 
hours a day of intense dance 
rehearsals and master classes. 
For Shanahan this was just 
one small step in her goal to 
becoming a performing 
dsncer. “A good dancer must 
havedetemiination and heart 




to become something great,’' 
Shanahan said. 

Shanahan sent in a 
tape of one of her dance 
routines to choreographers in 
L.A. and was chosen from 
thousands of young dancers. 
She put in hours and hours of 
work before arriving in L.A. 
The choreographers in L.A. 
sent a tape of dances which 
she had to learn before 
arriving in L.A. To prepare 
herself she practiced every¬ 
day for at least two hours, 
traveled to Peoria two to 
three times a week to dance 
with the Elite Force Dance 
Team, and took, private 
lessons from Laurie 
Merriman. 

Over Christmas 
break Shanahan went to L.A. 
to dance with some ot the 
finest young dancers in the 


country. Not only was this a 
great honor to be chosen, but 
she was one of the youngest 
girls there.In the same 
studios that Justin 
Timberlake and Brittany 
Spears had their auditions, 
she worked all day long. 

“When 1 was in 
L.A. 1 saw how hard some of 
these girls worked. Just 
being around these girls 1 
improved a ton,” Shanahan 
said. 

Besides the great 
honor of getting chosen to 
go to L.A., she has won 
many honors such as: Jr. 

Miss Dance sensation, 1st in 
her regional, and has been 
given the great honor of 
2nd in the nation. Shanahan 
also made it on ESPN. She 
has also made it to 


compeitions in Iowa, New' 
York and South Carolina. 
“The best part of competi¬ 
tive dancing is traveling 
and meeting new people 
from all over the country,” 
Shanahan said, “competi¬ 
tions are very intense, yet 
fun at the same time”. 

Though she is 
having a great time, 
finding a balance between 
work and time off has 
been difficult. “The 
hardest part of dancing is 
separating time between 
dance and my friends and 
family. Sometimes 1 take 
my friends to competi¬ 
tions”. 

Shanahan has 
many goals for the future. 
She hopes to major in 
dance in college. 

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By: Amy Whikehart 

Freshman Emily 
Thomsen’s family always 
knew she would be success¬ 
ful at acting. “We are not 
really surprised at her 
accomplishments. We 
started calling her a ‘drama 
queeiT at about six weeks of 
age,” her mother Lynn 
Thomsen said. 

For her first year in 
high school, Emily’s list of 
accomplishments in theater is 
already long. When tryouts 
for A Midsummer Night's 
Dream came along, Thomsen 
figured she would try out. “I 
could only dream of getting a 
lead part,” she said. 

Thomsen said she 
first realized that acting was 
her passion when she lived in 


Pr^lc: Emily TiJ^?M6cM 


Florida and attended a school 
for the arts. Her mother and 
grandmother also had a big 
influence on her since they 
both were in plays when they 
were the same age. 

To prepare for her 
audition, Thomsen practiced 
her monologue constantly. 

“It got to the point where my 
entire family had it memo¬ 
rized, they had heard it so 
many times,” she said. But 
all of the practice paid off. 
After she had finished her 
audition, she thought it went 
well, except for one particu¬ 
lar incident. “During an 
improvisation scene, I flew 
across Stroud and landed on 
my butt. But other than that, 

I thought it went good.” 


Once they started 
practicing, rehearsals were 
three hours every day. They 
would usually run through 
each scene and try different 
things to find out what 
worked, and what did not. 
Ultimately, Thomsen did 
whatever came natural to her, 
and tried to become her 
character. 

As a freshman with a 
lead, Thomsen felt very 
blessed and excited. But she 
also felt a lot of pressure to 
do well. She knew she had a 
lot of expectations to live up 
to. Memorizing the lines, 
especially when they were 
Shakespeare, was tough. 

In the future, 

Thomsen plans to be in more 


Plays a, U-High. SI, 

also like to be involved in, 

musical. She plans to 
continue acting in college,,, 
long as she can find tile'll 
and still enjoys it. 



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By: Bridget Karns 

Chelcei Fischer has 
been riding horses for more 
then half her life. “I think it 
started when she was little, 
she used to watch horse 
shows on TV and fell in 
love," her mom Linda 
Fischer said. 

Watching horse 
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down to Chelcei and her 
siblings. Now Chelcei spends 
three to four hours a week 
with her three quarter horses 
Tukker, Jerry, and Molly. 
"The hardest thing about 
riding [Jerry] is training my 
horse is that he is young,” she 
said. 

Although Western 
riding is Chelcei’s favorite, 
she also competes in English 
riding, and began jumping 
this year. 


She won the 

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McLean County fair as well 
as jumping classes, and five 
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Although Chelcei 
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awards, it is not her favorite 
thing about riding. ‘Tt is the 
people I ride with and that I 
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Contributing artistic 
abilities to U-High is not a new 
(Jcvelopment for the Art Club. 
They have donated much of 
their work and time to U-high 
projects over the past eleven 
years. The Art Club is famous 
for the work it did on the walls 
in front of the school store 
along with the weightlifter in U- 
High’s weight room. The club 
also did some work with the 
Heritage Club on the flags that 
border the hallway of the 
second floor. Art teacher Mike 
Henning said the students do 
not participate in any art 
competitions through Art Club 
orU-High. “Competitions all 
end up coming down to the 
personal opinion of an indi¬ 
vidual,” he said. 

The students meet 
every Thursday after school. 
However, art projects are not 
the only focus of the Art Club. 


different art club members. Mr. 
Henning also plans to have a 
plaque placed by the pioneer 
recognizing the students for their 
work. 

The club’s major 
community project since its 
establishment has been the 
sports murals that were painted 
in the dressing rooms at Read’s 
Sporting Goods. 

When the club origi¬ 
nally started the students 
themselves developed the clubs 
whole purpose which was to 
enhance the appearance of U- 
High and the community. “The 
club serves as another avenue 
the students can take aside from 
classes and assignments, and the 
projects we create are a great 
way for the kids to leave a 
legacy or their mark behind here 
at U-High when they graduate,” 
Henning said. 


They also take field trips to art 
related sites in the community. 



.4bove: Sopho¬ 
mores Allie 
Jocson, left and 
Catherine Anhalt 
>vork on an art 
project during 
an .Art Club 
meeting. Left: 
Art teacher Mr, 
Henning watches 
over senior 
Meghan Lynn. 




They visited both ISU and IWU 
2rt galleries as well as the Glass 
House to see special demonstra¬ 
tions. They were even able to 
learn some of the glass art 
techniques. 

The Art Club has 
tackled various new projects 
this year. Teaming up with 
Jer^ Christensen’s lounge 
revival committee, the club has 
already completed a Pioneer 
"lural hanging beside the large 

entrances. This vivid real 
t c portrayal of the schools 
•ti^scot is most impressive and 
"tany have taken notice. The 

^“ral took a semester to finish 

involved the help of twelve 


Left: Juniors, 
left to right, 
Megan Huge, 
Maggie 
loomanawanui, 
and Mike 
Brown work 
dilligently on 
an Art Club 
project during 
one of their 
many meeting 
in the art 



room. 


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By: Amy Whikehart 

With outstanding 
leadership and hard work, 
the U-High Bible Study 
succeeded in their one goal- 
to have new people come to 
the study. 

Last year, every 
leader of the Bible Study 
graduated, which left new, 
inexperienced students to 
lead this year. Over the 
summer, the leaders got 
together and made a plan 
for how they would orga¬ 
nize the Bible Study. After 
making a schedule and a 
few important decisions, 
they were ready to start a 
new year. 

"We had to pick a 
day and a time, plus go over 
ideas and details for lessons, 
posters, and lots of other 
things," junior Caleb 
Phillips said. 

The early time, 6:30 
a.m. on Tuesday mornings, 
hindered some from coming 
consistently, but the group 
still grew. 


Anywhere from 
ten to twenty-five people 
came each week for 
breakfast, fellowship, and 
a lesson taught by the 
students. Music was even 
added to a few of the 
lessons to get others 
interested in the different 
types of Christian music. 

All of the mem¬ 
bers agree that the high¬ 
light this year was the 
guest speakers. "Mr. 
Christenson came and 
spoke to us one week. It 
was neat to see that some 
of the faculty wanted to be 
involved. We also had 
Pastor John from Evan¬ 
gelical Free Church come 
and talk to us," senior 
Mary Carlson said. 


Right: Senior Amy Whikehart leads in 
prayer outside of U-High during “Meet 
Me at the Pole.” Below; Sophomore 
Patrick Turner bows his head in prayer 
while, sophomore Katherine O’Shea 

looks on. 



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Above: Students participate in an early morning “Meet at the Pole" 
in rememberance of September 11. 



Photos by: Meredith Merceir 



Photo by: Alyssa Slova 



l op: Janitor Bruce Hurle) 
holds hands with junior Janin 
Johnson at the “Meet Mo' 
the Pole” ceremony. Left* 
Junior Lauren Satchnell. 
center, holds hands with scw®t 
Mary Carlson and junior 
Maura Styczynski during* 
prayer. 













































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Bv: Mike Brown 


Last year approxi¬ 
mately 550 of 600 U-High 
students took advantage of 
the ser\'ices offered in The 
Learning Center. The 
primarily use was for 
tutoring through Connec- 
I tions, according to Ms. Dixie 
Lee Lewis, the sponsor of 
Connections. Lewis has been 
I running Connections for 
» about ten years, but it has not 
always been in a room with 
couches and carpeting that 
give it that “comfortable 
home away from home 
environment” as Lewis 
described it. She began 
helping students during their 
free hours in the student 
' lounge when she had time in 
between teaching classes. 

Five years ago when the 
Learning Center opened, in 
room 237, Connections was 
formalized with a permanent 
home. 

Peer tutoring is not 
the only service offered 
through Connections. 

Students can learn how to 
develop better study habits 
tmd skills, how to organize 
their schoolwork, and 
techniques to help manage 
lime more efficiently. Junior 
Lauren Lackovich said that 
Connections helped her learn 
and understand the concepts 
ofher chemistry class during 
sophomore year, “it was fun 
lo work with other students 
'^’ho understood how the 

class works,” Lackovich 
said. 


Lewis said Connec¬ 
tions is always in need of 
student tutors. “To be a tutor 
you must have the desire to 
help someone in an area you 
may have strength in and you 
may receive tutoring from 
someone whose strength may 
be one of your weaknesses,” 
Lewis said, “we do not want 
anyone to fall through the 
cracks at any level. 

“It may be to help a 
student survive or to help a 
student keep an A average; 
there’s an entire spectrum of 
students, economic, academic, 
and race, all of that transcends. 
There is a lot of diversity in 
one common ground,” 

Lewis also said that at 
some schools a service similar 
to Connections may cost from 
$15-S35 an hour. At U-High 
this service is provided free of 
charge. 

Many students find the 
atmosphere in the Learning 
Center much easier to work in 
than the library or lounge. “If s 
a nice quite place where I can 
get organized,” senior Maggie 
Baar said. Aside from doing 
homework and studying in the 
Learning Center many students 
tutor there as well. Peer 
tutoring is what the Connec¬ 
tions program is all about. 


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Pictures bv: Mike Brown 

.\bove:Senior Tura Dover receives help from an ISII student. ISU students 
are some of the pier tutors besides L'-High students. Below: Senior Reijo 
Saajesto helps junior Shemeka Lee with math in the Learning Center. 



.Above: Senior David Stong heps with a Spanish lesson. 


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Bv: Bridget Karns 

U-High has a large 
student population with unique 
cultural backgrounds. For 
students who want to share 
their culture and traditions with 
their school. Culture Club is 
the place. Culture Club is also 
the place for U-High students 
to enrich themselves by 
learning about other foreign 
cultures. Students meet to 
watch movies, listen to guest 
speakers, and host dinners. 
Speakers are invited to share 
their experience and knowledge 
of different cultures. U-High’s 
own Mr. Potter came and spoke 
about Japan. Students gained 
additional insight when they 
watched some Japanese movies 
listened to music, and even got 
to try some Japanese candy. 

‘‘Culture Club is fun! 
We get together and everyone 
brings an ethnic dish to share,” 
Vice President Andrea 
Ingersoll said. 

Another activity that 
Culture Club participated in 
was watching the movie Pride 
and Prejudice and making 
Chinese Dumplings at Co- 
President Jennie Wang’s home. 
Members brought over their 
favorite ethnic food to share 
with others. “It is a great way 
to gain appreciation for other 
cultures,” Wang said. 

Besides being able to 
hang out and watch movies. 
Culture Club participates in the 
International Fair at Bone 
Student Center in February. 

This is the first year that 
Cultural Club has attended the 
International Fair. They 


enjoyed seeing what other 
cultural groups around the area 
have done to educate and share 
their society with others. 

When asked why she joined 
Culture Club, Wang said, “I 
wanted to learn about other 
cultures other then my own 
Asian heritage.” 

Culture Club has 
continued to enhance the 
student body’s appreciation for 
other cultures. Currently 
Culture Club is working on the 
flags that are displayed through¬ 
out U-Highis hallways. They 
plan on adding new flags, and 
repairing flags that Culture Club 
has done in past years. 


Above: Senior Gabriella Rosa, middle, joins in group dis 
about the different cultures presented in one of them 
during a Culture Club meeting 



the movie “Alladin” at a Culture Club Meeting, 



Above Left: Junior Courtnev Bustle, 
from different cultures 
to trv 





Sarah Glass chose foods 
decided 


senior Rebecca W enning, and junior 
during a Culture Club meeting. Above Right: Junior Jennie V\ang 
some orange Fanta, a Mexican soda, at a Culture Club meeting. 


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Student Senate, an 
organization that represents the 
student bodyy of U-High has 
worked very hard during this 
vear. Senate members meet the 
first and third Thursday of every 
month to discuss the many 
activities Senate sponsors. 

Senate gives students 
the opportunity to be heard and 
many new faces to Senate really 
appreciate it, ‘1 like having a 
say in what goes on in my 
school,” freshmen class trea¬ 
surer, Emily Thompson said. 

One of the greatest things about 
this year’s Senate is that they 
tried new events as opposed to 
only doing the traditional blood 
drive and dances. 'The new 
events were the most enjoyable 
and it was great to see that 
Senate is so active and innova¬ 
tive,” student body treasurer, 
Charles Wen said. One of the 
new activities this year was the 
Mr. U-High contest, led by 
icniorCarly Griswold. The 
2vent proved to be a huge 
success, raising $600 to donate 
to the Haitian missions in honor 
ofTroyHari. Senate sponsor, 
Mike Sondergoth was pleased 
the contest. “Carly and the 
l^ople of her committee did a 

‘^tastic job of pulling every- 
^tng together in a relatively 
'Itort period of time. And the 
'eniorguys that participated did 
^ antasic job of representing 
etnselves and our school in a 
positive manner.” 

Another new activity 
year was the Teddy Bear 
beaded by senator of the 


year, senior Bridget Kams. The 
event’s purpose was to send 
teddy bear to children in 
Afghanistan. "It was really 
great to see the U-High commu¬ 
nity come together for such a 
great cause and donate to the 
orphans,” Karns said. 

Some of the main 
dances this year, including 
Back-to-School, Homecoming, 
Harvest, Charity Ball, and 
TWIRP, proved to be more 
successful than usual due to the 
leaders of social chairs, juniors 
Erin Walheim and Maggie 
Hoomanawanui. Other success¬ 
ful events included the Blood 
Drives, headed by senior 
Amanda Donnan, sophomore 
Patrick Turner, and sophomore 
Stephanie Donnan; Pioneer 
Palooza, headed by senior 
president Matt Martin; Adopt-a- 
Family, headed by junior Kate 
Zimmennan; and Toys-for - 
Tots, led by sophomore Amy 
Pacilio. 

Senate also has a great 
future ahead of them. With 
another great group of students, 
Mr. Sondgeroth is trying to 
make Senate even more 
successful than it was this year, 
‘T think we are at the point 
where we need to try and help 
organize the efforts of all the 
service clubs andorganizations 
that exist at U-High. We hope 
to increase the lines of commu¬ 
nication between and among 
these groups so that we don’t 
duplicate activities and so that 
we can support each other’s 
activties,” Sondgeroth said. 



Above. Jason Bower and Shane Irving work together on one of the most 
imortant Senate documents: a Back-to-school dance poster. 


Left: In order for a 
blood drive to come 
together (left) there 
are many supporting 
roles senate mem¬ 
bers have to take on. 
here several senate 
members attend to 
the low blood sugar 
of students who have 
just donated their 
blood. Other jobs 
senat members took 
on during a blood 
drive included 
support for nurses,, 
moral support and 
clean-up after the 
event. Below: Kate 
Zimmerman 
prepares for the Bac- 
to-school dance 




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Bv: Archie Ramesh 

University High 
School's math team of 2003 
had a lot to prove this year. In 
past years, the team has shown 
to be very strong academically, 
winning events at regionals, 
and at state. This year’s team, 
coached by math teachers, 

Mrs. Bills and Mr. Thompson, 
succeeded just as much. 

With dedication and a 
true passion for math, the team 
met Mondays and Tuesdays 
during the week, and worked 
on their owm time to prepare 
for vatious math competitions, 
including regionals and state. 
One new thing that Mr. 
Thompson added thsi year was 
making old tests and practice 
problems available on the 
internet at the math team 
homepage. “I set up the math 
team website this year as an 
attempt to keep members 
actively working on and 
solving problems on thier own 
time,” Thompson said. 

The teamended up 
placing 3rd as a team at 
regionals, and three entire 
teams. Algebra II, Pre- 
Calculus, and Jr.- Sr. 8 person, 
as well as individuals Matt 
Schweers from the Algebra 
team and Thomasz Stadnik 
from the Geometry team, 
qualified for state. 

The state competition 
took place at the University of 
Illinois in Urbana, where the 
team received 17th place, a 
strong showdng especially 
considering the small size of 
the school. The coaches are 
very proud of the team and 


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enjoy working with the kids. 
“Math is a passion of mine. It 
is great to be around and work 
creative and puzzling problems 
with students that share tha 
passion and appreciate the 
beauty of mathematics. There 
is no other club I would rather 
be involved in at U-High,” 
coach Thompson said. 

The math team is also 
a great bonding experience for 
many students, adn a good way 
to get to know new people. “It 
was a unique experience with 
some unique people,” freshman 
Kate Shepard siad, “I met 
different people that I would 
usually meet”. 

To end the math 
team’s season, Mrs. Bills had a 
barbeque and awards party 
party at her house, to acknow l- 
edge all the team members for 
their hard work and dedication 
to the team. 

Though the team 
accomplsihed a lot this year, 

Mr. Thompson and Mrs. Bills 
have a plan for furthering the 
team’s success, “Hopefully we 
can practice problem “types” 
rather than just doing problems 
from old tests. Also, getting 
more problems up on the 
website should help,” Bills 
said. 

This year’s math 
teamwili not be forgotten in the 
coaches minds. “My favorite 
memories of the team focus on 
how they support each other, 
give up Saturdays to do math, 
entertain themselves between 
contests, and sleep on a noisy 
bus!,” Bills said 


Above: Math 
team coach 
Ke\in IbonipNoa 
supervises a 
Math Team 
meeting. 
Below: 
Sohomore 
Durgashankar ^ 
Giridharan 
looks over 
some math 
problems 
with junior 
Jennie Wang 
at the 
L’niversity of 
Illinois before 
a math 
competition. 




Above: Math Team members get ready for the math competition at the 
L'niversitv of Illinois. Below: Juniors Jennie V\ ang and Lori Nicholsrel« 
with Senior Gabriella Rosa at Barb BilPs house, w here they gathered in 
order to celebrate all of their accomplishments. 


























By: Ellie Sommers 

Imagine 24 hours 
Mlhout food or the satisfac¬ 
tion of knowing you fed 
hundreds of hungry people. 

If feelings such as these 
sound pleasurable, then Key 
Club is the place to be. Key 
Club is an organization that 
brings a helping hand to 
those less fortunate and a 
smile to many more. 

Key Club is an 
international organization 
that began here at U-High 
seven years ago. The club is 
affiliated with the Kiwanis 
Club, a nationwide organiza¬ 
tion, which is "basically a 
Key Club for adults," senior 
executive board member 
lenny Olson said. 

Built around the 


concept of caring, Key Club, 
isa public service organiza¬ 
tion that puts in countless 
hours each year planning 
^ performing community 
^ice projects. 


"Caring-Our Way 
l^e' is the organizationis 
“lotto and caring is the 
most students choc 
Itoioin Key Club. "The 
^'Pportunity to share my I 
or leadership and service 
|!hatI enjoy most about K 
' senior co-president 
^rKlawitter said. 

sponsors 
Potter, Debbie 
:*ard, and Sandy Brov 
Vttymuchastuden 
, Jganization, we're ju 
W«rt people who 

,J“'estudentsandhe 

organization of 

, * projects," Brown 


said. The students enjoy the 
responsibility and take it 
very seriously. " It's good to 
see how grateful people are 
for it," Olson said. 

Each semester every 
club member is required to 
perform at least two service 
projects. The benefits to 
these service projects are 
large. Helping those in need 
brings satisfaction to club 
members and shines more 
light on those who need it 
most. Key Club gives 
members the c^pportunity to 
give something back to the 
community. 

The Key Club 
sponsored the Black Light 
Dance to raise money for 
theHammit School in 
memory of Drew Olson. 

"When we presented 
the check to Hammit School. 
Teachers started crying and 
it made us feel so good that 
they were so touched by our 
contribution," Klawitter said. 

The Key Club also 
took part in a variety of 
service projects. They 
participated in "Recycling 
for Families," canned food 
driv^es. Special Olympics, 
Adopt a family, and a 24- 
hour famine. All of these 
service projects either raised 
money for the needy or lent a 
hand to those who needed 
one. 

"It still manages to 
amaze me seeing so many 
students get such satisfaction 
out of helping those who 
need it," Brown said. 



Above: Junior Tim Hajek rakes lea\'es into a 
large pile as part of a Key Club \’olunteer 
activity 



Above: Junior Jackie Rubenacker and senior Mary Carlson help clean tables 
at "Recycling for Families’’ in downtown Bloomington. Below : freshman 
Sarah Rutledge, Jason Nguyen, and Anne Stein help rake leaves for the Key 

Club volunteer project. 



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By: Bridget Karns 

U-High students who 
enjoy singing can participate 
in a wide variety of musical 
genres. Students taking 
Chorus I or II also have the 
opportunity to perform in 
Madrigals, and Jazz Choir. 

“WeVe exposed to all 
different kinds of music in 
chorus. Mrs. Corpus does a 
good job of having a wide 
variety of music like French, 
Italian, classical, modem and 
jazz,” senior Mary Carlson 
said. 

Mrs. Corpus, has been 
teaching Chorus for 14 years, 
the last 5 at U*High. 

“It’s something I 
enjoy sharing with other 
people,” Corpus said. 

Due to the interest in 
Chorus, there were 150 
students this year; a Treble 
Choir will be added next 
school year. 

U-Hieh Chorus 
members have a lot to be 
proud of. Many students 
received division I ratings in 
IHSA for solo and ensemble. 
The IMEA District Chorus 
chose several U-High students, 
and TJ Turner was chosen for 
All-State Honors Chorus. The 
U-High Choms also received 
awards at a National Music 
Festival during their trip to 
New York City. 

“They’re committed 
to being the best they can be, 
they’re willing to try nevv' 
music and techniques,” Corpus 
said when describing U-High’s 
Chorus. 

Madrigals is made up 


of U-High chorus members that 
audition for the group. They 
perfomi several times through¬ 
out the holiday season. The 
highlight for Madrigals and 
Court Singers is the annual 
dinner at the Radisson. They 
also participated in the Illinois 
State Madrigal Festival and 
went caroling at Nursing Homes 
and at the Baby Fold. 

“The performances and 
the stuff we did were really fun. 
We also had a lot of fun 
together as a group,” sophomore 
Court Singer Stephanie Donnan 
said. 

For students who enjoy 
jazz, there are two 2 groups that 
perform. Jazz’n the Afternoon, 
an all girls group, and Jazz’n the 
Evening, a boys and girls group. 

“Jazz Choir is really 
great because you get into the 
music so you begin to feel it 
more. You also learn to listen 
to each other. Itis about 
balancing and blending and 
turning 12 voices into one,” 
senior Erika Klawitter said. 

Jazz Choir performed 
during Jazz Night at U-High 
with other area jazz groups. 

They also went to Clinton for a 
competition and entertained 
future U-High students at Open 
House. 

“We did really well at 
the competition because the 
singers in Jazz choir are there 
because they want to be there. 
People are dedicated and 
everyone tries their best,” 
Klawitter said. 


Right: 
Michelle Ball 
Sings a solo at 
the spring 
choir perfor¬ 
mance. 




Above: Chorus I performs 
a song with music in hand 
during a chorus concert in 
Stroud .Auditorium.Left: 

Madrigal performers 
senior Anne Savage, senior 
T.J Turner and junior 
Carie Vesper perform at 
the Raddison during a 
Madrigal dinner perfor¬ 
mance. Below: Chorus 11 
performs a song in their 
choir robes during a 
chorus concert in Stroud 
.Auditorium. 



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by: Bridget Kams 

Some students might 
jread having to take a test, 
but the students involved in 
TOE choose to on a regular 
basis. This is because 
TOE, or Worldwide 
Youth in Science and 
Engineering, is a organization 
which conducts tests every 
year to judge the aptitude of 
students in several fields of 
studies. 

To become involved 
inWTSE students take a 
placement test and their score 
iietermines where they will be 
placed. The top 2 scores are 
put on Varsity, the next are 
put on JV, and the remaining 
scores are placed on the team. 

Students participat¬ 
ing in WYSE can take up to 2 
exams that last about 40 
minutes. They prepare for 
tltis by reviewing the subjects 
% are taking tests in. These 
subjects include; Biology, 
Physics. Chemistry, Corn- 


sectionals) turned out to be a 
huge success for our team’’. 
Junior Jeff Kerestes agreed, 
“winning regionals and 
sectionals was really exciting”. 

At competitions, 
individual points are awarded to 
depending on the score received 
for the exam. These individual 
scores are added together to 
determine the teamis final score. 

“WYSE is not about 
exams. It is about working as a 
team, and being together during 
hard times. A WYSE member 
needs to be dedicated, orga¬ 
nized, self discipline, open 
minded, and detennined,” said 
Chandrasekaran. 

Kerestes credits the 
WYSE team’s success to the 
characteristics the people on the 
team possess. “Interest in 
learning, consistent, and hard 
workers,” he said. 



Right: \V\ SE 
State medalists, 
senior Nathaniel 
Toca, senior Ryan 
Meier, junior 
Charles W en, 
senior Ashvin 
Baru, senior 
Daniel Willis, and 
senior Steven 
Michaels. 



Pictures provided by the W VSE team 



.\bove and below : W \'SE 
team member before the 
exam ready themselves for 
the competition ahead. 
Right: .After the test W V SE 
team members relax by 
eating out together. 



PWer Science, Engineering 
Graphics, Math, and English. 

WYSE’s success in 
‘beseareas paid off The 
won the regional at 
“'toois State University and 
on to sectionals at 
University in Peoria 

^oreadvancing to state. 


-lunior Sandhya 
™rasekaran’s favorite 
™"^ofWYSE was that, 
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There were some 
that w'orried at the begin¬ 
ning of the year about the 
band program. Would 
there be enough students 
for the traditional tW'o jazz 
bands? Were there 
enough low brass? Were 
there too many flutes? 

The band was 
soon comforted during the 
first week of rehearsals. It 
would take some work to 
get a complete, balanced 
sound, but with hard work 
they could sound better 
than ever. 

In order to have 
tv^'o jazz bands, though, 
some students had to 
switch from their regular 
instruments to trombone, 
since there were not 
enough trombone players 
to fill the two bands. 

Juniors Courtney 
Bustle, Britney Kistner, 
Andrea Ingersoll and 
sophomore Flynn Doran, 
all made the necessary 

J 


adjustments to play trom¬ 
bone, and these shifts didn't 
really matter in the end. 

''We ended up 
having so much fun, even 
though we had to work 
really hard," Doran said. 

Concert band's last 
concert of 2003 was a perfect 
way to send out the eight 
seniors. The band played 
"Africa," a unique song 
inspired by the tribes of 
Africa that included intri¬ 
cate percussion rhythms. 

The May concert also 
included "Symphony No. 

1," which was a tribute to 
the firebombing of Dresden, 
Germany. 

"These songs were 
fun to play, but they also 
had meaning behind them, 
so it was more than just 
music," sophomore Patrick 
Turner said. 


Right: Freshman Kirby 
Henderson plays a baritone 
saxaphone solo during a 
ja// band concert in Stroud 
Auditorium. 




Above: Junior Courtney Bustle plays her trombone during a jazz green 
performance in Stroud Auditorium. Below; Jazz Gold members junior pla) 
as a saxaphone quartet 


Right: The 
marching band 
drumline 
marches in to 
Hancock 
Stadium to 
perform their 
show during 
halftime at a 
football home 
game. 




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By: Jackie Rubenackcr 

This was an amazing 
year for orchestra. The class 
moved back to its normal time 
slot of 2:00,a dn it its original 
loom. Numerous freshmen 
joined the orchestra, adding to 
the talent already in the class. 
Under the direction of Margot 
Ehrlich, the class has enjoyed 
many good times while 
playing music. “ I’ve had fun 
in orchestra this year. We 
have grown a lot since the 
beginning of the year,” 
sophomore Flynn Doran said. 

Many of the members 
ofthell-High orchestra were 
involved in activities besides 
the class itself. Some mem¬ 
bers of the orchestra were a 
part of the String Madrigals 
and IMEA, were many were 
honored for participating. 

‘*A11 State Honors was an 
incredible experience. I will 
never forget playing with the 
oest musicians in Illinois,” 
junior Jennie Wang said. Two 
member of the orchestra, 
senior Talia Dicker and junior 
Phil Kramp, earned seats in 
^eprestigeous CYSO ( 

Chicago Youth Symphony 
Jrehestra). “The orchestra 

hasimprovedasawhole 

^ause of all the individual 
^xtraeffot, junior Jordan 
Macy said. 

The orchestra class 
^isohadihe chance to travel 

^ity and show 

talent to judges from 


around the country. They 
perfonned at the College of 
Staten Island’s Center for the 
Performing Arts. They 
received first placve in their 
division, a gold rating, as well 
as Grand Champion of the 
competition. It was said by 
one of the judges that the 
University High School 
orchestra was one of the best 
orchestras they had seen in 
years. 

This year has been 
very good for the orchestra. 
Many members have achieved 
a lot on their own, but much 
more when they came together 
this year. There are only good 
things to come from this 
musical group. With so many 
talented musicains, the U-High 
orchestra could not get much 
better than this. 



Above: Senior Talia Dicker, L’-High alumni Andrew Hesse and sophomore 
Eric Anderson play their cellos in unison. 


Right : Josh 
Kossman performs 
on his bass during 
an orchestra 
concert in Stroud 
.Auditorium. Below: 
Sophomore Jesse 
Brow n plays her 
cello with the 
violinists and the 
choir in the 
backgroud. 




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By: Rachel Darling 

“GI is like a tree. It 
grows and grows and grows 
until you have to cut some of 
the limbs off/’ 

This according to 
senior cast member, Martin 
Langrall, is what group 
interpretation is all about: So 
much imagination, careful 
planning and creativity goes 
into each group interpretation 
script that at some point you 
have to prune away all but the 
best parts. 

Group interpretation 
(Gl ) is a performance style 
that requires its participants to 
not interact with each other 
directly. 

There are rules: the 
cast cannot touch one another 
directly, or make eye contact; 
they instead must focus on 
focal points in the audience, 
and only thirty minutes is 
allotted for each group. Few 
props are allowed and no set is 
allowed, so the cast must 
create the environment for the 
audience with their dialogue 
and interesting objects. 

“Because of these 
restrictions group interpreta¬ 
tion, it is very interesting to 
watch and has to be cleverly 
directed for the audience to 
understand what is happening 
and where it is happening,” 
student teacher director Robb 
Telfer said. 

“Gary Grinkle’s 
battle with Wrinkles and 
Other Tales from Mudgeville” 
is a comedy that touches on 




the deep issues of neuroticism. 
It also deals with debilitating 
fear and how it can have the 
same significance in 
everyone’s lives. The little 
fears everyone harbors and the 
little obsessions that people 
attend can affect them in 
subtle ways leaving us 
unaware. 

This year’s Gl was 
the first to make it to state in 6 
years and placed 9th at state. 
This year’s cast proved in the 
sectional and state competi¬ 
tions. “It is exciting to be the 
1 St in 6 years going to state,” 
Pacilio said, Shumacker 
agreed, “1 am really proud. We 
have done a lot of work on this 
play”. 

“1 am bursting with 
pride at going to state. Gl is so 
unique- it is a wonderful 
experience for high-school 
students to see and experi¬ 
ence,” Telfer said. This year’s 
cast took home a menagerie of 
recognitions at sectionals. 
Lauren, Martin, Langrell, 
Johnson, Carroll, and Irvin 
were all selected to join All- 
Sectional Group Interpretation 
Cast. 

To be a part of the 
All-Sectional Group Interpre¬ 
tation Cast, a cast member 
must receive be selected by 
four out of five judges. 
Everyone participating this 
year received at least two or 
three votes. 



.Above: I he cast of 
the group interpreta¬ 
tion “Gary Crinkles 
battle with VV rinkles 
and Other Tales from 
IVIudgeviIle”niakes 
like several trees. In 
this form of theater 
the actors often 
become props because 
they are not allowed to 
use any. Right; The 
cast tries to intimidate 
its audience with 
grimacing and 

growling. 




•Abos e: The cast of the group interpretation performance pauses after a 
successful performance at Barnes and Nobel bookstore 


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The U-High 

Hiespian Troupe #1156 icut 
Footloosei this yearis 
musical, showing off not 
only their singing but 
dancing skills as well. 

‘ Unlike other years, the 
musical was in the fall 
because many people that 
wanted to participate in the 
I show were also planning on 
going to New York for the 
chorus trip during the 
musical season. 

The storyline of the 
musical dealt with a high 
school student named Ren 
and how he moved from a 
big city to a small liberal 
' town. Along the way he 
nins into problems with the 
small town people and 
befriends the momma-luvin’ 

Rusty and most importantly, 
<^rieL 

The rehearsals 
Itefore the performance kept 
each member of the troupe 
Cast and crew spent 
around 2-6 hours each day a 
“tonth before opening night 
rehearsing lines, learning 
moves, creating the 

finding costumes. 
Megan Dourghty was 


the Student Director and spent 
much of her time in the booth 
above Stroud making sure the 
set and lights were going 
according to the script. Senior 
Stephen Michaels was the stage 
manager. He made sure the 
actors hit their marks and ready 
for the next scene. 

The musical starred 
sophomore Jesse Brown, Junior 
Shane Irvin, and seniors, 
Michelle Ball, Robert Carroll, 
Tony Gannaway, Liz Anhalt, 
Anne Savage and TJ Turner. 

‘‘I love theater, it is such a great 
program and it is really nice 
having a lot of my friends,’’ 
Savage said, ‘1 am just sad that 
this is my last musical, but 
hoping I can go out with a 
bang”. 

In fact, that is just what 
happened. Friday and Saturday 
nightsi shows brought in an 
audience of almost 500 people. 
“This was twice the size of our 
biggest audience in previous 
years,” Director Susan Thetard 
said, “then on Saturday to 
repeat those numbers just sent 
us all into a euphoric state of 
shock”. 

Though, the musical 
did not come out with out 
hitting a few bumps along the 
way. The cast did not receive 
their music until two weeks into 
rehearsals. In addition, scedules 
had to be altered due to con¬ 
flicts and illnesses. In the end, 
everything turned out great. “It 
was fun creating the show. I 
think it was a great show for the 
audience just to enjoy as well,” 
Michaels said. 


Right. Senior Anne Ssvagp sings 
alongside Tony Gannaway during a 
performance of “Footloose.” Below : 
Senior Liz Anhalt and sophomore 
Alex Preller dance to an old 
country song. 




Photos by: Jennifer French 




Above right: lead Jessica Brown sings a solo. Above left: Senior Amber 
Klawitter, middle acts out a line with the girls. Below : The cast of ”Foot- 

loose.” 



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Other clubs and 
activities that had notable 
events in 2002-2003 included 
the nationally recognized 
TSA and the world friendly 
E.A.R.T.H. club. On the next 
four pages is a digest of 
some of the other organiza¬ 
tions and clubs that students 
committed their time to 
when they weren't studying, 
working or sleeping. 

Speech Team 

The increasingly 
more enthusiastic speech 
team took most of its 30 
members to sectionals, 
where two speakers, Alyssa 
Huff and Katie Pacilio, 
qualified for the state 
tounament. 

Chess Team 

The chess team took 
first place in East-Central 
llinois Chess League and 
was ranked third in the state 
tournament. 

After losing two of 
the first threemathces, 
though, the team had little 
hope of placing at the 
tournament before manag¬ 
ing a four-match winning 
streak in order to tie for 
seventh at the competition. 

TSA 

In the fall the 

Technology Student Asso¬ 
ciation (TSA) spent six 
weeks building a remote 
controlled robot for the 
BEST competition at Triton 


college in Chicago. The robot 
won the competition and U- 
High came home with $500 
and an invitation to a na¬ 
tional competiton in Texas. 

After a few weeks of 
tinkering on the robot the 
team traveled to Texas where 
it won 27th place overall and 
placed 3rd in the "Most 
Elegant Machine" catagory. 

History Club 

The History Club 
gathered many times, often 
to watch historical movies 
like "The History of the 
World: Part 1" or "Elizabeth." 
Often the group would meet 
and have informal discus¬ 
sions over world events and 
historical figures. 

In the fall the dub 
also delivered gobble grams 
as a fundraiser. In the spring 
the club sponsored a field trip 
to the Art Institute as well as 
two very interesting repre¬ 
sentations at Teen Institute 
day: "The Simpsons and US 
History" and "The Simpsons 
and World History" which 
showed histroical events 
through the perspective of 
the cartoon series. 

E.A.R.T.H. Club 

The E.A.R.T.H. club 
focused their attention on the 
Reuse-a-shoe project, 
sponsored by Nike, in which 
old shoes were collected from 
students and the community 
and were sent to Nike where 


they were ground up and 
used to create athletic sur¬ 
faces, such a football feilds, in 
communities all over the 
world. 

Debate Team 

The Debate team 
traveled to many different 
tournaments, but none was as 
exciting for most members as 
theNFL Districts, which were 
held at the state Capitol 
building in the actual senate 
and House chambers. 

Junior Charles Wen 
won Best Presiding Officer 
and Outstanding Speaker 
awards at Districts and 
qualified for the national 
tournament in Atlanta, 
Georgia. 



Right: Yearbook 
Editor Meredith 
Mercier puts together 
the yearbook. 








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Above: Junior Nick 
TImine and senior 
Erika Klawitter 
perforin in the spring 
one-acts. Right: 
Jason Bower as 
Charlie Brow n gets 
bad advice from 
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Robinson embrace during the spring 
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awards. Below : The team confers during a lull in the action. 






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Above; Senior 
Meghan Hannah as 
Titania, rests 
comfortabley with 
her new love Nick 
Bottom (played by 
Pete Lamonica). 

Right: Alyssa Huff, 
as Hermia, rests 
peacefully ,, oblivious 
to the chaos that is 
about to ensue. 



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takes care of a ver, 
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resistant faire (Liesl 
Pereira) into some 
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Above: Students feverishly donate money as the final 
moments of the senate head shaving contest tick by. 
Right: More people wanted to see Jim Allen’s head 
shaven than senior Kyle Fergeson 



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heroes of the theater are the crew. 
Mow: Senior David Robinson sets up 
the soundboard before a show in 
Stroud. Right: Make-up artists 
I Rebeccas Holtzman and Alison Chu. 


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By: Sage Gosch-Braun 

The U-High Football 
team started the season off 
great with a 3-0 record. The 
highlight of the 2002 football 
season was the victory over 
Central Catholic High School 
for the first time in 5 years. 
‘"Since we have been at U- 
High we always lost to 
Central, beating them our 
senior year was so great. It 
was one of the goals of the 
season,” senior Miles 
Scritchlow said. The Pioneers 
defeated the Saints 24-20 in 
the intercity game with a 
fourth quarter comeback. The 
winning touchdown was 
scored by junior standout, 
Nick Chiodo. 

Despite a season full 
of ups and downs the team 
came in and went out with a 
bang. U-High also won their 
last game 35-20 against 
Mendota. The team sparked 
in the beginning scoring three 
touchdowns in the first- 
quarter and again in the end 
scoring twice. “Senior night 
was the best part of the season 
for me because we came 
together as a team, played up 
to our potential and won our 
final game at U-High,” senior 
Erik Palomino said. 

The football team 
was under a new coaching 
staff made up of 17 members. 
Former ISU coach Mac 
McDaniel took over the head 
coaching position when the 
previous coach, Dirk Smid, 
resigned. “I liked being 


around younger kids this year, 
they are good people and 
students and they made me feel 
good when I was around them,” 
Coach McDaniel said. Coach 
McDaniel enjoyed the experi¬ 
ence but was disappointed with 
the number of losses. There 
were coaches working with 
individual special teams this 
year, which was new and 
helpful to the Pioneer program. 
“More coaches gave us more 
one-on-one help which im¬ 
proved our game,” senior 
captain Nels Pederson said. 

Seniors Nick Rappa 
and Nels Pederson were this 
year’s team captains. They 
were accompanied every week 
by the two MVPs of the 
previous game. 

The team had mixed 
feelings about the changes this 
year but overall had a good time 
as a team. “Our team was really 
close this year, it was nice 
hanging out with everyone after 
the games,” senior captain Nick 
Rappa said. 

Though they are losing 
many senior leaders, the 
football team hopes to come 
back next year even stronger. 


Top right: Junior Nick Chiodo 
punts the ball down the field during 
the Intercity game againstCentral 
Catholic at Hancock Stadium. 

Right: L -High tries to break 
through the defense of Central 
C atholics's defense during the 
Intercity football game. 


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throw away the book and go with 
something new during a home game 
at Hancock Stadium 




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To walk 18 holes of 
golf while carrying a 50- 
pound bag on your back can 
be very exhausting. Yet six 
very talented girls know the 
effort is worth it. “I knew this 
team had the talent. These 
girls were the best six players 
1 have ever coached/’ Coach 
Cal Hubbard said of the 2002 
girls golf squad. 

The eirls started off 
the year taking 1st at five 
different matches. Sopho¬ 
more Marissa Milligan helped 
the girls place 1st as a team by 
taking the individual title. 

The team won matches at the 
NCHS Tournament and 
Midland Invitational as well. 
The girls also captured titles 
at the Livingston Co. Invita¬ 
tional where Senior Emily 
Ranney came out on top 
individually. Senior Megan 
Naik helped the team place 1st 
at the Galesburg Invitational 
by taking 1st individually. 

“We wanted to 

develop team unity, and work 
together to do our best”, Naik 
said. 

“Every one of our 
girls in some way or another 
came through and helped the 
team out”, Morris said. “We 
used everyone’s scores more 
than once this year. It was a 
total team effort.” 

After their outstand¬ 
ing start, the girls had their 
sights set on state. They 


received both regional and 
sectional titles and headed to 
state for the 4th year in a 
row. After 36 strenuous 
holes at the ISU Golt Course, 
the girls had a great finish of 

3rd place. 

“Our goal at the 
beginning of the .season was 
to place at state, and that s 
what we did. Third is a great 


accomplishment and we were 
happy with the way the season 

ended”, Naik said. 

Next year the team will 

lose seniors Naik and Ranney, 
with four returning players. 
“Megan and Emily were huge 
leaders this year; they will be 
missed greatly. But next year 
we will have an extremely 
talented group of returning 
players,” Hubbard said. 




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Brittany Kilborn Lisa 
English get a pep talk 
from coach Cal Hubbard, 
center, before their first 
match at ISU. 

Left: Junior Teryn Brown 
tees off the 1st hole at 
Prarie X’ista Golf Course 
during the Intercitv 
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For U-High, the third 
time was not a charm. After 
two straight 2nd place finishes 
at the state tournament, the 
Pioneers were looking to take 
home the elusive state title 
that had been stolen from 
them a year ago. 

The Pioneers were 
led by all-conference letter 
winners John Higgins, Brad 
Molitor and Drew Moses. 

“We though we could win a 
slate title, but we knew it 
would be hard with the losses 
from last season,” senior 
Moses said. 

U-High also had 
freshman standout and all¬ 
conference Seth Doran who 
made great contributions to 
the team throughout the 
season. Seniors Matt Lyons, 
Mike McCullough and Ryan 
Meier added depth to the 
squad with the experience. 

The season started 
very slowly for U-High as 
they lost their first five 
matches. However, half way 
through the season they turned 
it around and won six straight 
matches, including one over 
BHS, avenging an earlier 
season loss. U-High stumbled 
in their last two matches of the 
season, but it would prove to 
be a big help in preparation 
for the state tournament. 

“We did not worry 
that we lost two straight at the 
end of the season because we 
already did that earlier and 
responded well to the de¬ 
feats,” Molitor said. 

The regional tourna¬ 
ment at El Paso Golf Club was 


a big success for the Pioneers. 
They took 1 st place as a team 
and John Higgins took 3rd 
overall individually. Ryan 
Meier also placed 5th individu¬ 
ally. 

The sectional tourna¬ 
ment at Ironwood looked as if 
U-High was playing against 
junior high school kids. They 
won the tournament by an 
overwhelming margin of 17 
strokes ahead of Olympia. 
Molitor placed 1st individually 
and McCullough took 6th place. 
With their sectional title, the 
Pioneers put themselves in 
position to make their 20th 
straight title tournament 
appearance. 

At the state tournament 
U-High unfortunately hit a road 
block. They were 7th place 
after the first round of competi¬ 
tion. The second day was 
better, as they put on a come¬ 
back and gained four spots in 
the standings. U-High finished 
the season in 3rd place, a 
success considering their first 
round performance. However, 
the Pioneers did place at state 
for the third straight year, 
something that no other boy’s 
U-High golf team has accom¬ 
plished since the 1992-1994 
season. 



Right: Senior Matt Lyons makes a put on the green during the 
tournement at Prarie Vista Golf Course. 



Above: Senior Mike 
McCullough tees off at 
the State Tournemnet 
at Prarie V'ista Golf 
Course. Right; The U- 
High boys’ golf team 
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The girl’s cross¬ 
country team ran a narrow and 
rough course this season. They 
started the season on an uphill 
climb determined to counter 
their phenomenal 3rd place 
finish at state last year to 
continue their deserved 
reputation. The girls took 1st 
place at countless meets meets 
and won various invitationals. 
A major win came at the 
Peoria Woodruff invitational 
where the girls won by 11 
points and climbed to 5th on 
Illinois Prep Top Times 
rankings. 

Various girls suffered 
from injuries all year long but 
the team continued to find 
success at all of their meets. 
With out one of their top 
runners, Jennifer Witte, the 
girls took the Olympia 
regional. “We had worked 
really hard for the season and 
we were determined to show 
everyone what we could do,” 
junior Kate Zimmerman said. 

Zimmerman was a 
key runner in the Olympia 
regional. However, by the 
time the state toumement 
came around she was 
suffereing from shin splints, as 
well as a case of mononucleo- 
sis. 

At the state 

toumement in Detwiller Park 
the girls kept sight of their 
goals despite the injuries. 
Although the girls did not 
meet their goals exactly they 
still took 9th place at the state 
tournament. “We ran as best 
we could we all had some 


injury or weakness to cope 
with. The ending result was 
not at all what we had hoped 
for but 1 think we learned a lot 
in the end,” Witte said. Witte 
was a major accent to the team 
even as a freshman. 

Despite the girl’s disap¬ 
pointments and frustrations 
they all had high hopes for next 
year. “I transferred to U-High 
this year and was amazed at 
how good the program is here,” 
sophomore Rebecca Clay said, 
“the girls all get along very 
well and are all willing to 
work. “Although the season did 
not finish as well as we had 
hoped we definitely will 
benefit from it next year.” Kate 
Zimmerman also looks forward 
to next season, “This was not at 
all what we planned on ending 
with but we are not losing any 
of our varsity members so we 
will definitely be back next 
year,” Zimmerman said. 

Coach Hampton was very 
pleased with the season, “This 
has been one of the best girls 
cross country seasons U-High 
has ever seen and I could not 
be prouder of the girls.” 



Abo\e. Coach Lester Hampton Gives the girls cross country team a pep 
before the race begins at Maxwell Park in Normal. 


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By: Jamie Blass 

Nothing stood in the 

way of the boy’s cross country 
team this season. Older and 
more experienced, they ran 
faster and more confident than 
ever before. After having a 
strong finish in state last year, 
the boys knew what it takes to 
make it to the state 
tournement. and were deter¬ 
mined to satisfy thier goals. 
They were the team to beat at 
every meet they went to. 

The Pioneers took the 
Intercity, Cornbelt Confer¬ 
ence, and Regional titles for 
the second year in a row. The 
team also added to this 
outstanding record a great 
sectional run. The boy’s lead 
runner, All-State, junior Chris 
George went on to take 3rd 
place once again at the state 
tournament to seal a phenom¬ 
enal season. George was also 
named Co-MVP of the team. 

“Coach Hampton 
pushed us really hard every¬ 


day in practice and really 
motivated us. The end finish 
was not what we were shooting 
for, but we still had an overall 
great season,” George said. 

Overall, the team 
finished 3rd in State as a team. 
U-High All-State senior Matt 
Martin will be leaving the 
team, which will leave a big 
place to fill. Martin made 
strong contributions to the 
team, including team captain, 
state qualifier, co-MVP, and 
received the Sportsmanship 
award. Other seniors going on 
to college are: team captain, 
state qualifier Brett Barbour 
and letter winners Ben 
Johnson, and Brad Keist. 

Coach Hampton was 
very pleased with the boy’s 
accomplishments and was very 
confident in their capabilities. 
“Overall, I could not have 
asked for a beter season and we 
are tar from finished,” Hamp¬ 
ton said. 


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Above: Junior Jarell Chavers makes 
a turn around a tree at a cross 
country meet. 


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runs the final leg of the meet at 
Maxwell Park. 

























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Bv: Ellie Sommers 

It was not a fashion 
statement when the boys’ 
soccer team dec-ided to 
bleach their hair. The team 
did it in memory of Troy 
Hari, team unity and to make 
them stand out. 

The season opener 
against Williamsville was an 
awesome example of what U- 
High soccer is all about. Each 
play came out with full force 
and the confidence that would 
bring them to their first 
victory. But that was just the 
beginning to a very memo¬ 
rable season. 

A few days later. 
Intercity began and there was 
no team that could stop the 
Pioneers. Taking hold of the 
title, they were more than 
ready to begin regular with a 
record-breaking 13 game 
winning streak. They ended 
the season with a record of 
17 - 4 - 1 . 

However, luck was 
not on the team’s side when it 
came to injuries. Senior 
Adam Wintersteen was out 
for a short time due to an 
ankle injury. Senior Stuart 
Beurskens was out with back 
problems while senior Cory 
Yontz split a toe and had 
stitches. During a scrimmage 
at practice, junior John 
Solberg broke his collarbone. 
“It was the worst time of my 
life’’, Solberg said. 

Despite the discour¬ 
aging losses in the line-up, the 
team would not give up. 

“This year’s varsity team was 
one of the best I’ve ever had”. 
Coach Bodo Fritzen said. 


“They played well and I 
enjoyed every game”. 

The Pioneers went on 
to win their 10th straight 
regional title and made another 
trip to sectional finals. Notre 
Dame, the archrival of the U- 
High soccer team, beat the 
Pioneers in a breathtaking 
game. Both were top teams in 
the state without a question. 
However, with both in the 
same sectional bracket, only 
one would advance. Unfortu¬ 
nately the Pioneers did not get 
that opportunity. 

After reviewing the 
season, Fritzen said the boys 
played well and had a very 
good season. He went on to 
say that there is nothing he 
would have done differently. 
“The result of our season was 
unfortunate, but we knew we 
could compete with any of the 
teams at state,” senior Adam 
Wintersteen said. 

Senior and team 
captain Chris Miller took on a 
lot responsibilities for the 
team. Keeping a whole team 
focused was not an easy task. 
Miller did a wonderful job as 
team captain and came away 
with MVP honors and selec¬ 
tions to the All-Sectional and 
All-Area teams. Cory Yontz 
was also selected to the All 
Sectional and Area teams. 
Beurskens was selected to the 
All-Area team and Solberg 
was selected to the All- 
Sectional honorable mention 
and All-Area team. 


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Above: Senior Dave Strong works the ball away from his opponent during 
the Intercity game against Bloomington High School. Below: Seniors Kyle 
Yontz and Cory Yontz race towards the ball during the Intercity game 
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By: Lauren Lackovich 

The Pioneer volley¬ 
ball team continued their 
second successful season 
under the coaching of Kathy 
Sanders. They began their 
season with a greatly antici¬ 
pated match against U-High 
rival, Central Catholic. “Our 
team had to work very hard in 
the beginning of the season,’' 
junior Cali Cooper said. 

Unfortunately, the 
Pioneers didn’t get to pull 
away with a win, but realized 
they had a few hurdles to 
overcome as the season 
progressed. “There are so 
many new girls on the team. 
We just need to learn to play 
together,” junior Rachel 
Joseph said. 

Returning varsity 
players include outside hitters 
junior Rachel Severson, and 
senior Stanford recruit 
Njideka Nnamani. Their 
talents were key in U-High’s 
offense. The middles, both 
returning varsity letter 
winners, were senior, Mary 
Risuis, and junior, Cali 
Cooper. “Their block is huge, 
it made defense so much 
easier,” said freshman Kelsey 
Swango. 

Two freshmen 
Amanda French, and Kelsey 
Swango, join the squad with 
their defensive abilities. 
“Being a part of it was a great 
experience,” freshman Nina 
Chiodo said. Senior Mary 
Carlson returns with the 


leadership on the right side, 
along with sophomore, 

Melissa Martin. Sophomore 
Erica Rorhen, and Junior 
Lauren Lackovich took the 
role as U-Highis setters. Other 
top reserves are Juniors Taylor 
Granning, Jennifer White, 
Rachel Joseph, Kelly Knapp, 
and Nina Chiodo. 

After big wins 
against Olympia, West, and 
Bloomington the team started 
to pull together. After taking 
third at intercity, the Pioneers 
were set for post season. 
“There were a lot of good 
teams we had to face, but we 
knew we could work hard and 
win,” junior Rachel Severson 
said. “The team needed 
everyone, including the people 
on the bench to cheer. It 
really got us fired up,” 
sophomore Erica Rorhen said. 

Though the Pioneers 
ended their season a few steps 
short of the state tournament, 
but they still found many 
succeses in their season. They 
will have some big shoes to 
fill next year as seniors Mary 
Carlson, Njideka Nnamani, 
and Mary Risius leave for 
college next year. However, 
they look forward to working 
hard next year to improve on 
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By Sage Gosch-Braun 

The 2002 girls fall 
tennis team started out with 
a few changes. Last year's 
head Coach Bob Runyan 
and last year’s assistant 
Coach Harriet Cogan 
decided to switch places 
and with the switch came 
some new ideas. 

“This year we 
tried to stress fitness, 
stamina, and endurance 
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tennis technique, mental 
toughness, and physical 
ability. 

The team was lead 
by co*captians senior 
Molly Doran and junior 
Jenny Wang, “Molly and 
Jenny did a great job. 

They kept the girls on track 
and served as a voice for 
the team,” Cogan said. 

The team played 
in three tournaments this 
year. At the Bloomington 
Purple Invitational the 
team came in 11th out of 
14. In the Bloomington 
Gold Invitation they came 
in 12th out of 16. The girls 
came in 11th out of 14 
again at the Bloomington 
Purple-Gold Invitational. 

In addtion, the doubles 
team of Wang and Olson 
had a great finish of 2nd 
place. 

The varsity had a 
winning record of 4-3. 
Wang played in the 1st 
spot and focused mainly on 


her singles game. She had a 
season record of 18-13, finish 
4th in sectionals, and qualified 
to return to state in Chicago. 
Wang also received the MVP 
award for the second year in a 
row. 

This year senior 
Becca Stone received special 
recognition winning the 
sportsmanship award for her 
dedicated, ecouraging and 
respectful attitude. “Getting 
the sportsmanship reward was 
a nice way to end my senior 
year,” Stone said. 

Another great change 
this year was the number of 
girls on the team. This was 
the biggest turnout ever with 
25 girls participating. “Every 
year we get more and more 
players. 1 think it’s great to 
see so many girls out here; it 
makes playing more competi¬ 
tive and fun,” senior Brittany 
Demont said. Like last year, 
the team was .so big the JV 
was split into two teams 
appropriately named the 
“green” and “gold” teams. 
“Having two JV teams has 
worked out well, the younger 
and less experienced girls get 
the most possible playing time 
this way,” Runyan said. 

The tennis season 
proved to be successful and 
the team hopes to continue to 
build a strong program. 

During the offseason players 
are planning for next year by 
taking personal and group 
tennis lessons. 


Right: Senior varsity play Alexia 
Olson waits with anticipation for 
her oponant to serve the ball 
during a doubles match. Below: 
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Teamwork and 

determination is what lead the 
U-High girls' swim team 
through a great season that 
ended at the State meet in 
Chicago in the fall. 

The team had high 
expectations for their 2002 
season. Most people do not 
think of swimming as a team 
sport because most events are 
completed individually. 
However, the swimmers 
achieved a lot together as a 
team during their season. 

The young team 
(with 12 freshman), was eager 
and excited most of the 
season. “I think its great to 
have so many freshman on the 
team. As they get older they 
will get better and the team 
will be really strong,” senior 
team captain Samantha 
Clemons said. The team also 
consists of three juniors and 
eight sophomores. 

In the middle of 
October the team competed in 
the Intercity swim meet. 
Despite being in the middle of 
an exhausting training 
program, the girls swam great. 
Some even beat their season 
record times. “We didn't rest 
at all for it,” head coach Ryan 
Burroughs said. He also said 
that he was very impressed by 
the Pioneers winning Intercity 
for the eighth consecutive 
year. Each year that they 
have won Intercity Meet 
championships, they have 
done so by an average of 64 
points. This year U High won 
with 447.5 points winning by 
65 over Normal Unit 5. 


In November the girls 
dominated the relays at the 
University High Invite at 
Illinois Wesleyan University's 
Shirk Center. The girls swam 
their way to win the title in girls 
swimming. The girls also won 
two of the three relays and took 
top honors in four individual 
events. U High finished with 
355 points, well ahead of 
second place Danville 
Schlarman with 253. The girls 
swam their way to win the title 
in girls swimming. 

At the sectional meet 
the Pioneers took the sectional 
crow'n by beating Peoria 
Richwoods by 13 points. 

Senior Samantha 
Clemons, Junior Ashley 
Jackson, sophomore Meaghan 
Schiller, and freshman Katie 
DeGraaf were U-High’s state 
qualifiers and went on to 
compete at Winnetka during a 
three day swim meet. Though 
they did not place, it was a great 
experience for all. They plan to 
be back next year and better 
than ever. 

Not to be outdone, the 
boys swim team took over the 
pool in November, and by 
December were already making 
waves by winning a duel meet 
against Urbana. 

For most swimmers the 
highlight of the season was 
winning the innercity for the 
sixth time in a row by a mere I 
point. 

For senior Nathaniel 
Toca, though the season was 
capped by a 11th place finish at 
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The one thing 

everyone can always count on 
at the football and basketball 
games at U-High is the poms 
squad. They stun the crowd 
with their great moves and 
awesome music. The year 
was a transitional year, it 
seemed, for the girls. They 
have undergone many 
changes and still came 
through. 

“The squad was fun 
and different this year. It was 
very enjoyable,” junior 
Whitney Koch said. 

The poms coach. 
Sunny Kallas, has been the 
coach for the last two years, 
and has lead them to many 
victories. She choreographed 
most of the squad’s routines 
herself. The squad won a 
trophy her first year with one 
of her many routines. Unfor¬ 
tunately, she will not be 
coaching next year. 

The squad has gone 
through many changes 
throughout the years. They 
have split the squad into two 
separate ones. Therefore the 
girls, who would like to can 
participate in other activities. 
Both the football and basket¬ 
ball tryouts were held at the 
same time, and some girls 
from one squad also made the 
other squad as well. 

“This was a success¬ 
ful and memorable year for 


me,” coach Kallas said. “This 
year was very different tor the 
girls.” 

Because of the 
seperate squads more of an 
effort was put into trying to 
bond and come together as two 
individual squads. The girls 
that would participate in both 
football and basketball pon 
poms knew that at the end of 
the football season, they would 
be saying goodbye to some of 
the girls. They would also 
have to greet the new girls who 
were coming into the new 
basketball season squad. 

Despite the many 
changes, the squad still came 
through with outstanding 
performances at half-time. It 
was a remarkable year for the 
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Above: Freshman Jesse Bovver leaps during the homecoming game. Below: 
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Above: Senior Cheney McDaniel dances during a 
home football game. Below; Maggie Hoonianawanui 
helps the crowd cheer along during a home basketball 
game. 



Above: Freshman Molly Shanahan and senior 
Samantha Clemons during a halftime performance. 
Below: The Pom Pons performa and basthall and 
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Cheering, tumbling, 
dancing and smiling are only 
a part of what it takes to be a 
U-High cheerleader. The 
cheerleaders are always hard 
at work, spending countless 
hours practicing cheers and 
stunts to support U-High’s 
football and basketball teams. 
This year the squad cheered 
the football and basketball 
teams on to many victories. 
To prepare for the football 
season the squad spent many 
hours, during their summer 
vacation, practicing their 
cheers. Before big games the 
squad made good luck signs 
and treats for the players. The 
cheerleaders also led the 
school in the homecoming 
pep assembly to pump the 
students and players up for 
the big game. 

During the summer 
the squad went to 
cheerleading camp at ISU to 
improve their cheers. At the 
camp four of the girls were 


named “All Star Cheerleaders”. 
“The camp at ISU helped us 
improve our cheers and unity 
the squad” said Junior Kay Ian 
Guzman.The cheerleaders also 
held a car wash this summer to 
fundrai.se for the season. “The 
car wash was a lot of fun. We 
raised a lot of money to help 
out with the expen.ses” fresh¬ 
man Melissa Shannahan said. 

The squad was 
extremely close this year 
thanks to the help of second 
year coaches Autumn Hinton 
and Mandy Huber. The squad 
met many times outside of 
practice to get to know one 
another. “At the beginning of 
the season we had a team 
slumber party which helped us 
get to know one another” 
junior Kalleigh Thomas said. 

“Not only did the team 
bonding help us become better 
friends but 1 think it helped in 
our cheers and our performance 
on the sidelines” sophomore 
Chandra Golden said. 

Whether U-High was 
winning or losing the cheer¬ 
leaders continued to encourage 
the players and lead the 
students in cheering for the 
Pioneers. 




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Above: Senior Su/anne Xewberry, 
sophomore Alese Furnald and senior 
Amber Klawitter get students riled up 
during the pep assembly before the 
bon fire. Right: Freshman Kelsey 
Fllefson gets the crowd riled up 
during a boys basketball game. Left: 
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Bv: Staff with reporting by Bryce Gerniann and Kelly Moris 


Cal Hubbard would 
be the first to claim that 
basketball is about the players, 
not the coach. Yet this year 
the boys basketball team and 
the rest of U-High stopped, 
despite the Hubbard’s quiet 
protests, to pay homage to one 
of it’s most notorious and 
successful basketball coaches. 

Hubbard, who was a 
U-High student long before he 
was a teacher and faculty 
member, received the Pioneer 
Hall of Fame Award for his 
accomplishments in coaching 
and teaching. 

He said it felt weird 
to receive an award for his 
accomplishments, “There are 
so many people before me that 
I feel did so much more than 
me.” 

His success as a 
coach cannot be denied. 
Hubbard’s teams have made 
countless trips to the state 
tournament, including a third 
place finish in 1997 and a 
second place finish in 1992. 
Yet his crowing achievement 
is clearly the state champion¬ 
ship Hubbard’s team took 
home in 1995. 

This .season’s squad 
may not have achieved these 
high accolades, but their 
performance was nothing to 
scoff at. 


them a great deal ot momentum as 
they entered the regional competi¬ 
tion against Eureka, which they 
used to defeat the comets 61-49. 

Key players in the win 
included senior Kevin Smith w'ho 
scored 21 points and had 10 
rebounds, junior Nick Chiodo who 
scored 14 and senior Alan Turner 
who put up 11. 

The next game of 
regionals, unfortunately, would be 
the Pioneer’s last. El Paso proved 
too much for the Pioneers in the 
58-51 semifinal loss, but the game 
proved memorable nonetheless. 

El Paso quickly spent its 
time focusing on standouts Smith 
and senior Mike Henderson, so 
after a scoreless first half, the 
relatively ignored junior Chiodo 
started shooting. He sunk six 
unmatched shots, five from three 
point territory, before El Paso 
began to take notice. 

“He was feeling it. He 
did a good job of stepping up,” 
Hubbard said of Chiodo. 

Chiodo also scored all of 
U-High’s fourth quarter points, 
but that only amounted seven 

points, six shy of El Paso. 




Above: The senior's pregame ritual includes gathering at center court and 
participating in a team cheer. 


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record of 8-2 garnered them a 
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Bv: Ellie Sommers 

A regional upset 
against Central Catholic did not 
overshadow an excellent year 
for the U-Hiah girls' basketball 
team. With 24 wins and only 
four losses it seems illosical to 
be disappointed. 

For the second year in 
a row, the team went undefeated 
in the Combelt Conference, 
beating out six teams for the 
title. "One of our goals as a 
team was to go undefeated in 
the conference,’' senior captain 
Emily Meier said. 

Returning to the slate 
tournament was another one of 
their goals. Although this goal 
wasn’t reached, there were 
plenty of highlights to keep the 
teams’ pride. 

"Sometimes you get so 
hung up on how far you go in 
the playoffs, that you forget all 
of the good things you’ve 
accomplished,” Coach Morris 
said. 

Ten letter winners on 
the varsity team helped the 
Pioneers to second place in the 
intercity tournament and first 
place in the State Farm Holiday 
Classic, which consisted of 16 
teams. 

Awards and honors 
were given to numerous team 
members. The team finished 
with two all-staters, Meier and 
junior Ashlee Pistorius.Pistorius 
also received team and confer¬ 
ence MVP. She was elected 
first team All-Conference and 
All-Area. She finished the 
.season leading the team in 
assists, steals, and free throws. 

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Holly Kennedy was the 
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extra effort) awiird winners. 
Senior captain Mar\ Risius 
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aw ard. .And junior Molly 
Mizer was elected to the second 
team All-Conference and led 
the team in rebounds. 

"The talent on our 
team was tremendous, we had 
some amazing athletes that 
played a huge part in the 
success w e had," Risius said. 

"This season was an 
excellent season," Morris said, 
"I enjoyed seeing all of the girls 
mature individually and as a 
team". This years' team 
consisted of six underclassmen 
and six upperclassmen. With a 
younger varsity team, the 
maturity of the squad was 
visible to everyone who 
watched them play. 

On and off the court, 
the U-High girls’ basketball 
team displayed a high level of 
play and enforced high stan¬ 
dards for the season. "There’s 
so much more to learn off the 
court that the program here at 
U-High teaches us,” Meier said. 

With an excellent 
.season under their wings, the 
U-High girls’ basketball team 
looks to improve their season 
next year by soaring to the state 
tournament. 


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By: Bridget Karns 

U-High wrestlers can 
count the 20()2>2()()3 season as 
a success. They achieved their 
goal of winning more matches 
then they lost, 126 to 124. 

They sent senior Eric Palamino 
to state, and improved on their 
skills. 

“The seven guys that 
will be returning are ready to 
take the next step, they’re ready 
to come on strong,” Head 
Coach John Prior said. 

Despite these suc¬ 
cesses, Prior would like to see 
more people on the wrestling 
team. “We only have 8 guys 
and 14 weight classes, so we 
have to forfeit in 6 classes. We 
can’t do much better until we 
have more kids,” Prior said. 

Palamino believes that 
the small size of U-High’s 
wrestling team lets the quality 
of the team members come out, 
“The ratio of the team to the 
amount of U-High wrestlers 
who go to state is a lot,” 
Palamino .said. 

Prior also feels part of 
what has made this season so 
great is the wrestlers attitudes 
towards each other and the 
sport. He described the team 
members as caring with a good 
attitude toward each other and 
the sport. “They understand 
when they lose they can learn 
something and try to improve,” 
Prior .said. 

Palamino al.so noted 
the unity and leadership of the 
team. “We came together and 
we weren’t .separate groups of 
underclassmen and upperclass¬ 
men. We were a team,” he 
.said. 


This sense of unity 
was felt by Prior whose 
favorite memory of the season 
w'as going to practice and 
watching the wrestlers’ 
enthusiastic approach to the 
sport and each other. 

“1 like being involved 
and working with kids. The 
wrestler controls their destiny, 
it takes each person to their 
full potential,"Prior said when 
being asked why he enjoys 
coach wrestling. Prior’s love 
of wrestling is evident to the 
team, “We have a completely 
new coaching staff .so the 
system we’re using is a little 
different, but a lot of success 
has come from this coach,” 
junior Caleb Philips said. 

One new system 
introduced this year was the 
Grampy Style of Wrestling. 

It’s a technique in which all 
the moves are related to and 
built on one another. 

Prior also wants to rebuild U- 
High’s wrestling reputation. 
“We have a lot to live up to 
because U-High has had quite 
a few state champions. We 
expect a lot of ourselves and 
so do other people,” Prior said. 

It’s evident that the 
wrestlers hold themselves to a 
high standard. “The biggest 
thing about wrestling is that 
everything you put into 
wrestling you get out of it, 
after you wrestle you can’t 
blame it on anyone but 
yourself,” Philips said. Senior 
Eric Palamino feels the same 
way, “When you mess up you 
have no one to blame it on but 
yourself'. 



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The boys' tennis team gained 
boatloads of experience this 
season. With only three 
seniors on the roster, the 
Pioneers tasted a healthy 
dose of victory against a 
number of different oppo¬ 
nents and upset several older 
teams who regarded the boys 
as a non-threat. 

Leadership on the 
team represented both ends 
of the spectrum with senior 
standout Ashvin Baru and 
freshman Ben Luehrs taking 
the reins. Everyone agrees 
that Luehrs has enormous 
potential and will grow into a 
great leader in the next 
coming years. “Ben was 
extremely consistant and 
suprised everyone,” Baru 
said. 

When the boys 
reached their regional, Baru 
was the only one to advance 
before losing his second 
round match. 

The team suffered 
critical losses during the 
season, but managed to finish 
with a record above .500, 
mostly in part to Mike 
Stephens. Throughout the 
season, Stephens routinely 
kept the team focused and 
together. Regardless of 
whom you ask, everyone 


admits that Stephens was the 
spiritual leader of the team. 

The boys will return 
with five to-be seniors next year, 
including Tim Hajek and 
Shondip Chakravarty. They 
hope to improve on what they 
have learned and continue to 
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By: Drew Moses 

Led by lone 

returning seniors Erin Moore 
Ruddy and Ellie Somers, the 
girls soccer team looked to 
improve upon last season the 
only way possible: a state 
title. After last year’s second 
place state finish and the loss 
of only three seniors from 
last year, the girls entered the 
season as heavy favorites in 
the area, regardless of their 
opponents. 

Losing three of their 
first five games left some 
with doubts about the 
success the team would have 
in the post season. The girls 
silenced those doubts 
quickly, finishing their 
season with a record of 13-5- 
2 and winning their last ten 
games in a row before 
dropping a super sectional 
thriller to Quincy Notre 
Dame in double overtime. 

“Even though our 
season ended earlier than we 
would have liked, we walked 
away with our heads held 
high,” Somers said. 

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Ashlee Pistorius paced the girls 
offensively with 37 goals. 
Sophomore Bekah Clay added 
28 goals of her own as well. 
Somers proved invaluable as 
well, racking up 23 assists and 
10 goals of her own. 

It will take a lot of 
work next year to fill the shoes 
of this years seniors. However, 
with the leadership of Pistorius 
and Clay, the girls look forward 
to the new chalianges that next 
year will bring. 



Above: Junior Brianna Galloway takes the ball down field during a home 
soccer game. Left: Sophomore Rebekah Clay dribbles the ball past the 
opposing team Below: Junior Kaetlin Merriman takes a shot at the goal 
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Above: Senior Elbe Somers and junior Kaetlin 
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opponents. Above: Sophomore Erica Kohren uses 
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Above: Sophomore Keely Scott dribbles 
the ball down field during a home game. 
Top right: Junior Kaetlin Merriman 
tries to control the ball, as an opponent 
puts on the pressure. Right: Sophomore 
Erica Rohren tries to take the ball away 
from her opponent. 



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By: Staff with reporting by Zach Truty 


For many of the U- 
High baseball team members 
the most memorable moments 
of the season came when they 
least expected them, like a win 
against a long dominant rival 
or a game winning double that 
came while facing a superstar 
pitcher. 

Almost no fan of U- 
High baseball would have 
expected for the team to 
prevail over local stalwart 
Normal West. In countless 
meetings West has always 
seemed to capture the victory. 
Yet this season the Pioneers 
unexpectedly won a game they 
had gotten used to loosing. 

“It was really special 
to beat West, “ said junior 
Nick Adams “It’s the first 
time U-High team has ever 
beat them.” 

Another memorable 
victory was the team’s last 
minute 8-7 defeat of Prairie 
Central. As the game winded 
down junior Louie Williams 
hit a double to drive in a same 
winning run in the 9th inning. 

“It was off Dylan 
West,” explained junior Colin 
Reeser, “He was a nationally 
ranked pitcher.” 

For Williams the hit 


may be more than a memo¬ 
rable moment in one season, 
but a moment to remember 
for a long time. 

“It was the biggest 
moment of my baseball 
career,” Williams said. 
“Dylan is such a high-profile 
player that any hit off of him 
is memorable, let alone a 
walk-off double. The team 
carried me off of the field 
after the game and that was 

pretty cool.” 



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With no returning 
seniors and limited veteran 
experience, the girls’ softball 
season looked somewhat bleak 
when games began in the 
spring. However, junior Molly 
Mizer took control of the team 
early and erased whatever doubt 
there was about this season 
being below average. Mizer led 
the team in RBls with 19 and 
finished the season with a 
batting average of .358. 

It was soon clear that 
the Pioneers were a force to be 
reckoned with on the mound. 
With great pitching from 
sophomore Haley Caipenter and 
freshman Kellie K insell a, the 
girls proved that they were there 
to win. Carpenter finished the 


season 9-5 with 49 strikeouts 
and an ERA of 1.485. Kinsella 
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with a record of 11-5, 70 
strikeouts and an ERA of 1.563. 

Together, the girls 
finished their season with a 21- 
11 record and a wave of 
momentun heading into the 
postseason. The girls cruised 
easily through regionals before 
losing a semifinal sectional 
game to the eventual .state 
champion, Olympia Spartans. 

The young Pioneers 
look to bring back every player 
and a load of experience to the 
table next year. Each player 
gained a lot of experience and 
will continue to grow as a team 
in the coming years. 



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The girls’ track and 
field team won their second 
consecutive sectional 
championship this season, 
qualifying nine people and 
bringing along three alter¬ 
nates to the state champion¬ 
ship held at Eastern Illinois 
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The four individuals 
and four relays led the lady 
pioneers to a 3rd place finish, 
the highest ever in U-High 
girls’ track and field history. 

School records were 
smashed this season by the 
all star members of the team. 
Senior Mary Risius also 
became the first four-time 
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history, by receiving 1st 
place in high jump. 

Risius, who quali¬ 
fied in both high Jump and 
triple Jump, placed 3rd in the 
high Jump at state. Sopho¬ 
more standout, Chandra 
Golden, ran to victory in the 
200 meter dash, 2nd in the 
100 meter hurdles, and was a 
member of the state cham¬ 
pion 4x100 relay team. 

Other memebers of the 
4x100 include sophomore 
Chelsea Zeschke, Stef 
Dilbeck, and Daniesha 
Julious. 

Other state 

qualifieers were Junior 
distance runner, Kate 
Zimmerman. She ran the 


3200 meters and finished 7th 
and setting a new school 
record as well. Freshman 
Nicole Neal qualified indi¬ 
vidually in the open 200 
meters and finished an 
outstanding 6th place. Neal 
also went on to help the 
4x200 relay along with 
Zeschke, Julious, and fresh¬ 
man Tonya Brown to a 2nd 
place finish. The medley 
relay of Brown, Zeschke, 

Neal and Dilbeck missed 
qualifying in state prelims by 
less than half a second for 
finals. The 4x400 relay of 
Junior Janelle Totterer, 
Golden, Brown, and Julious 
qualified for the state meet, 
but also missed qualifying for 
finals. 

The most exciting 
thing about the girl’s track 
and field is that it is a young, 
but very experienced team. 

All of this year’s state 
qualifiers will be returning 
next season, with the excep¬ 
tion of high Jump and triple 
Jump standout, Mary Risius. 


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Above: Senior Amanda Curtis makes her attempt in the shotput competition. 
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jump competition 
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success not only in 
her field events, hut 
in the 400 relays, 
4x200 realys, and 
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Dilbeck receives the baton 
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By: Lindsay McReynolds 
Despite many 

setbacks due to injuries this 
season, they boy’s track and 
field team made a good 
showing at both sectionals 
and the state meet. Finishing 
3rd as a team at the sectionals 
meet, they qualified four 
relays and three individuals 
for the state track meet at 
Eastern Illinois University 
The 4x8 relay of 
sophomore Andy Clark, 
junior Chris George, junior 
Jarrell Chavers and senior 
Matt Martin were on their 
way to qualifying for the 
finals at the state when 
Martin pulled his hamstring. 
Martin, who also qualified for 
state in the 3200 meter run 
was unable to compete in his 
individual event due to his 
injury as well. However, 
distance standout George 
went on to place 5th in the 
800 meter run. In addition to 
the injuries, senior Cory 
Yontz and junior Brian Sinn 
were unable to participate in 
sectionals and state due to 
injuries they suffered earlier 
in the season. 

The state qualifying 
4x4 relay of senior Kyle 
Yontz, George, freshman 
Shane Guzman, and junior 
Pat Carroll was fast, but 
missed making the final cut 
time. The 4x2 and 4x1 relay 


of junior Jarrod Rayford, 
Carroll, Guzman and Yontz also 
fell short of qualifying for 
finals, but had an overall good 
season. Last season, the only 
relay to qualify for the state 
championship was the 4x8 
relay. This year, they were able 
to qualify three more, giving 
many individuals the opportu¬ 
nity to experience their first 
state meet. 

Rayford, who also 
competed in the triple jump 
merely missed the finals 
qualifying of 43’8 with his 
42’ 11 jump. 

The coaches were 
proud of the boys for even 
qualifying for state because of 
the adversity that they over¬ 
came, such as the injuries and 
setback they suffered. The boys 
track and field team overcame 
overwhelming odds against 
them to run fast at the sectional 
track meet and qualify people 
for the state meet. The team is 
young and will continue to 
overcome the obstacles that are 
thrown at them and will 
continue to improve next 
season. 



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starting blocks while 
junior teammate, Jacob 
Jolly, helps keep the 
blocks in place. Right; 
Junior Jarell Chavers 
and Chris George get .set 
to begin a run at BHS. 



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Art Club 

Front Rtm; M. McCoy, K. Braun, G. Rosa, T* Dover, A. IngersolL B, 
Kistner, A, Jocson 

Second Row: K. Ellefson, M. Hage, M* Hoomanawanui, M. Carlson, 
T. Hajek, Erica Olson, S, Mays, C, Sexton 


Pep Rand 

Front Row; S, Donnan, F, Doran, M, Morrow, S* Jilcs, A. ^^eilbacher 
Second Row: M* Cook, M, Stevens, L. Nichols. E. Collotcn, K, 
Karrakcr, S. Leszeynski 

Third Row: M, Ball, J. Nguyen, M. Beach, A, Wilinson, B. Anthony 



Varsity Baseball 

Front Row : R Brewer, N. Kennedy, E, Palomino, M Lyons, K. 
Ferguson 

Second Row: C, Reeser, W, Powell, M, Baker, N, Adams, J, CIcsson, 
R. Hucite. L. Williams, L Bantham 

Third Row: B, Read, M. McMillan, J. Hoekstra, J, Berry, G, Bee, T. 
Cox, B, Resscs, L Fitzgerald 



Junior Varsity Baseball 

Front Row: J. Wheel, J, Cox, K. O’Malley, T. Mcneely, B, Meier, M. 
Darrow 

Second Row: E. Christian, B. Monon, K. Graden. M. Rice, L Collins. 
A. McDowell, J. Heimerdinger 



Freshman Baseball 

Front Row: K. Pohlman, R, Nash, A. Trickcll, A, Kem, M, Hinshaw, 
M. Hoekslra 

.Second Row; B. Rowan, J. Allen, T, McNeely, K. Adams, J. Cox, N, 
Hicklcman, W, Cox 



Girls Varsity Basketball 

Front Row , L. Bertsche, T, Brown* A- Pisiorius, S* Garriolt, M* Mizer, 
H. Kennedy 

.Second Row: B, Ummel, A, Ndorongo, E. Meier, M. Risius, K. Scott, 
J. Totlcrer 



Girls Junior Varsity Basketball 

Front Row; J, Whikehart, H* Kennedy, T* Brown, N. Neal 
Second Row: K, Scott, A* Ndorongo, E. Gall, T* Gamoli, L* Bertsche, 
K. Kaisner 



Girls Freshman Basketball 

I* rent Row; K, Whalen, DJ, Schart\ N. Chiodo, K. Schumacher, M 
Waters. N. Neal. J. Whikhan, K* Kaisner 

Second: C* Ahrens, K. Scott, K. Bandy, B, Braun* S, Tofanelli* L. 
Bullinger, N. Peach 



Boys Varsity Basketball 

Front Row: W, Cox, R, Fitzgerald. N. Kennedy, M* Henderson, K. 
Smith, S- Jennings, J* Dennis, L. Hampton 

Second: S. Hubbard, M. McMillian, B. Reeser, J* Foster, J. Berry, N. 
Chiodo, J, Busse. C, Hubbard 


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Bon Junior VarsiJy Baskelhall: 

front Row. W. Cox, A. Mcdowell. D. Robinson. N. Nnamani. C. 
WilkerJ. Martens, K, Schaibley, L. Hampton 

SKond Row: A. Dilibcnncr. C. Rccscr, P. Buchignani. B. Resser. A. 
Wiese. J, Busse 









R^Sm I*hT ^ H^'-ndricks. 

R. Smith. B. Luehrs. T, McNely. 

Second Rem: R. Fitzgerald. K. Steinbrueck. J. Cox, M. Anderson. S 
Doran, J. HulT, P. Rattana 






Bible Study 
from Row; A. Whikehart. J. Maev, K. Knapp 

Second Row; B. Hurley, L. Satchwell. C. Roberts. M. Carlson P 

Turner . . 


1 bird Row; J. French. M. Slyczynski. C. Gn/.wald 
Tannura. C. Phillips 


M. Risius, C. 



Broffle jind Beyond 

fiwi Row: T. Shoemaker. E. Palomino. K. Ferguson. D. Baez. N. 
Tioimc, M. Dougheny 

'«MdR.»: M Langrall. J. Kossman. B. Conani. K. Clesson. A. 
“J^ty, B. Harvey 

iWRow; jjohniion. S. MikaLs. D. Hockcr. M. Ball. L. Farnsworth, 
t xwud. A. Whikeha 



CAPTAINS 

Front Row; J. Ken. T. Stadnik, M. Styezynski. C. Roberts. A. Pacillio, 
B, Galloway, R. Turner. A. Becker, L. McReynolds 
.Second Row ; .S. Michacl.s. M. Brown. C. Parker. K. Guzman, S. 
Chandraskaran. J. Wang, C. Lartz. K. Pham 

Third Row; J. Bower, M. Stephens. M. Conte. M. Gebhardt. T. Karim. 
A, Donnan. T. Dover, S. Peters 

Fourth Row: D. Beverage. C. Wen. M. Conte, A. Barn. T. J. Turner. E. 
Moore-Ruddy, E. Somers, E. Schroeder 



Character Counts 

Front Row: B. Dearing, M. Conte. C. Wen. M Hagc. B. Kistner, K. 
Ctarioates. C. Roberts 

Second Row: S. Beurskens. M. Lyons. E.Palomino. C. Scon. K. 
Ochiltree. K. Jayswal. .M. Gebhardt 

Third Row: M, Vivito. M. Knise. N. Timmc. D. Hocker. K. Milligan. 
J. Kossman 



^-•wrsfFalli 

^ Ri 


Koft K c 

Sr*"- N''*''* 

C. Parker. A. Klaw 

^ Furnald. M. Shana 
Bustle. Coach Mandy Huber 


'Him 

HdRi 



Cheerleaders (Winter) 

Front Row: K, Guzman. A. Fumald, R- Turner, M. Shanahan. A. 
Klawitter 

.Second Row: A. Hinton, C. Thomas. M. Bcsier. L. Bustle. C. Parker, 
C. Golden. K. Ellefson. E. Klawitter 


Chess I'eiim 

Front Row: A, Klaegc. D. Giridharan, P. Gu. P. Peregoy. M. Mishra 
Second Row : M. Conte. G. Vcmpali. D. Robison. P. Lanionica. D. 
Willis 


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Chorus I 

Frimt Ruh K Claifcoates. A lugcrvoM. S, Ruickxlge, S* Pcterv, T. Bmwn* L 
Satchwcll, A* ScitchluWi* R Thomson. S* Adetman. k. Lyons. L Dunhar, C. Laru, A 
Pacilio. K Riordan. A. Ndomngo. A. Jackson. A. Blair, E. Gault Second Row; J. 
Harrels, C. Demoni. A. Hitchcock, L. Pereira. A. Sicin, J. Witte. A. Gallagher. J* 
Bower. M Lehner. B Morton. J, Hopkins, M Siyc/,yn,skL A. Haynes. K. Ktnsclb. T, 
Bixmn, S. Mikals. M. Sakoluk Third Row: M, Newson, K, Burke. P. Oshurn. S. 
Va/.que/, N. Bhal. A. Stult/. F. Moreteda, CJ. Johnson. S, Lee. J* Heiiiicrdinger, R. 
Olsen. DJ, Scharf, A. French. M. W'aiers Fourth Row: A. McElroy. K. Kelly, J 
Femande/. J, Whikehan. G, Jackson. W. Irving, W Biemm. C, Zeschke* A, 
Chiestdcr, K. Campos, R. Htnshaw Fifth Row : B Sur. K, Burke, K Monicsdcsca. 
A. Lamhcn. A. Potter* K. O’Malley, J. Choi. J. Rayford. F. Kazmi, K. Palm, J. 
RuhcnuckcT* K, Willis 



Connections 


Front Row: M. Morrow* S. Wan, M. Brown, A. Klawitter, J, Olsen, 
E, klaw iticr, A. Bcckcr, R* Turner, L. Olson* B* All Second Row : M, 
Gcbhardl, A. Fumald. A. Klawiiter, C* Demiiri* A. Donnan* K, 
Ferguson, T. Karecm, M. Doran. J* Bower, S* Chakravarty, K. Bohling 
Third Row : K Jayasw^al, M. Slyczynski. P, Lamonica, T, J* Turner, 
M. Risus, R. Wenning, M. Carlson, A. Baru, E. Holt, B, Galloway 
Fourth Row: M. Miller, L. Farraher, J. Wang, S. Chandrasekaran, K. 
Milligan* M. Lehnek* G, Rosa, T. Dover, C, Wen 
Fifth Row: D. Lewis, D. Gindharan, L. Nichols* A. Ingcrsoll 



Creative V\ riling tlub 

Front Row: E, Palomino, K. Ferguson, D, Baez, N. Timmc, M. 
Dougherty Second Row : J, Johnson, S. Mikals, D, HtKker, M* Ball, L 
Farnsworth, K. Sehald 'Fhird Row : E. Anderson, B. Conanl, K, 
Clesson* A. La Bounty 



Chorus II 

Fnmt Row; W . Phillips. M Mcrcicr* M Whitaker, K Pacilio, A, l>orman. M. 
Markm. E. Klawiiier, A. Kbwitier, M. tR>ughcrty, 

Second Row: T, Jollifl* C. Replogle* C. Anhalt. S. Hall* K. Karl, J* Fowler* J.Palm. 
S* Irving, Q. Hursey. M. Momm. K. Scott* M. Sage, S. Donnan Third Row: M. 
Basolo, L. Pryor, A. Bier, A. Ropp. K Slificy, A. Rumesh. A. Preller, 0. Robinson. 
L Miller, P Tumer, A Borsi, L, NichoR. M. Cook. C. Gnswotd Fourth Row: C, 
Vc!ipcr, R. Holtzman. L. Anhalt, C. Scott. A, Chapman. S, Gamage. J. Stone, P. 
Lamonica, R, Carroll. E Savage. K, Sehald, C. Robcfls. R. Turner, E. Somers. T, 
Dicker Fifth Row: A. Savage, A. Solava. S. Slama. B. Baker.T, Downey. D. 
HairelL T. J. Turner, E. Schroedcr. A. Richard, T. Gannoway, T, Somcr^i. M, 
Hannah, M. Carlson, K. Janke, M. Ball 



Concert Blind 

Front Rtiw : S. Jiles* S, Donnan, F, Suchmati. L. Pereira, K. Palm. B. 
Kistner, M* Ball. C. Bustle, C. Griswald Second Row: J. White, S. 
Glass* S. Wan, A. Preller, M. Skaggs. M, Cook, j, Nguyen, M 
Modus* K* Karraker, J, Parker Third Row: W\ Thomas, J. Nguyen, 
M. Lehnar* P* Turner, J. Glass, A. Ingersoll* F. Doran Fourth Row: 
T. Sladnik, A. W'eilbacher, L. Nichols, K, Henderson, K. Ochiltree. S, 
Tyrell. Q. Hursey* J. Toiierer, J. Heimcrdinger* R. Saajasia, j. Bower, 
M. Stephens, A, Whikehart Fifth Row: S. Vazquez, C. Suiter, A. 
Wilkinson, C* Phillips, A. Lambert, H. Evans* C- Modos, B. Anthony, 
A. Kern* M. Kruzc. E. CoHotun 



Boys Cross Country 

Front Row: E. Colloton, W, Biernia, A. Kern. P* Turner, S. 
Leszeynski, N. Holtzman. B. Keisi. M. Beech .Second Row: J, 
Chavers* B. Sinn, J. Huff* N. Timmc* CJ. York, M* Martin, C* George, 
N, Shaver* M, Erdman Third Row: E. Weiss, J. Parsons, J. Busse, 

A. Weiss, B. Reeser, C, Phillisp, B. Joohnson, Collin Reeser, J. Witie* 

B. Barbour* L. Hampton, L Donavan 



Girls Cross Country 

Front Row: C. Zcschke* M. Skaggs, S. Tyrel, K. Kelly* J. Wine. A. 
Donnan* K. Zimmerman, S* Hall. A. Meisme .Second Row: E. Weiss, 
B. Riddle, J, Parsons, B* Klay* J. Glass, B. Hurr, S. Glass, B. Ummel, 
A, Curts* S* Btibeck* J* Toiierer. L Hampton, J. Donnavan 



Culture Cluh 

Front Row: G. Rosa. B. Kislner. A.lngersoll, C. Roberts, A. Klawiiter. 
B. Galloway, E. Klawitter 

Second Row : S. Adelman.S. Peters, A. Jackson, L. Nichols. A. 

Pactllio. C. Bustle. S. Chandrsekaran 

Third Row; K. Claricoates, J, Rubenacker, N. Timme, S. Glass, J. 
Wang. M. Slyczynski, L. Satchwell 



Debate Team 

Front Row : D. Beverage , S. Chakravarty, A. Klaege, P, Slama. S. 
Vasquez. M. Mishru Second Row: S. Chandrasekaran, C. VVen. J. 
Kereste-s, J. Van Loon, D. Giridharan 


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Fifth riub 

FroelRnw: S. Adciman. K. Claricoatcs. S. Peters, S. Vasque?., J. 
lUinf Second R«»: B. Kislner, A. Pacilio, L. Nichols, J, 
Ruhenackcr.C. Bustle. C. Roberts. A. Ingersol 








n. wiscn. M. wtialcn. Z. , ,u,y ^ 

Miesmer, R. Huettc. E. Schroder. E. Kapanga. N. Pederson. M. 
Vivenla M. Scnichlow* B, Monon. D. Slites, T. Cotionc, 
D.Tomzack. J. Monigar .Second Row: K. Davis C Driscol A 

M TA: ' ■ ?■ '' ° ''“8'fiJrgcr. a: Turner. 

M. McDaniel, E. Palomino. T. Shoemaker, D. Golden. K. Chibbly. B. 

Snyder. A. Hall. M. Buddac. W. Bingham. P. Adams W Cox Third 
Ron: P. Cnrrol. N Chimin. J. Jnlly. A Kunffman. B. WrSLk' I- 

Buchigham. j. Berry. J. Foster. S. Brandon. G. Schenk. S. Brandon 
D, Caplinger 



K. OMalley. J Hcimcrdingcr, S. Lee. J. Maher. B. Meir. R Turner 
Second Row: J. Monniger. W. Cox. R. Tom/ack. M. Budak A 
^orson. M McDaniel. K. Davis, D. Driscoll. M. Adams. R. Bingham 
K. Olson. N. Bresner Back Row; R. Johnson. J. Huff. A. Bass, K. 
Schaibicy, L. Raney. P. Buchighani. M. Rcoch. A. Diiihenncr T 
Alldridge. A. Lenart 




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Fmhman Football 

[niBiRoH: R. Sicinbfucck. I. Augspurger. k. Pohlman. s. Guzman. 
^»cm. J. Maher, A. Turner. J. Tricketl .Second Row: M. Hockstr; 
B RowiU Allen, N. Knmmcr. N. Heckicmen. K. Henderson. J. Hu 
Rendneks Third Row: J. Monniger. W. Cox. R. Tomzack. M. 

MW..A. Thorson. M McDaniel. K. Davis. D. Driscoll. M. Adams I 
wdan. K. Olson. N. Bresner 



Girl.s Varsilv Golf 


T. Brown, E. Ranney. M. Naik. C. Hubbard. M. Milligan. B. Kilborn. 
K. Morris, L. English 



Front Row: K. Scott. J. Smith. K, Anhalt, A. Ropp. A. Sritchlnw 
Second Row ; J. French. S. Peters. C. Gault, M. McCoy, L. Praull 



Roh* S Q 

M ^ S. Moses, D. Mil 

Moses R mL J- Van Loon. J. SmitI 

rZ T. Roman, 

^Cfald, R, s„g|| ‘ ■ Molnor. M. Lyons. B. Bru. 



Heritage Society 

Front Row: A. Hall. C. Parker. W. Thomas. J. Harris. A. Clark* 
Payne, J. Totiercr Second Row ;B. Gibs. R. Faegen, J. White, D. 
Julious, C. Golden. J. Rayford T hird Row: C. Johnson, D. 
Robinson, C. Gail Bronson, C. Forde. C. Smith. A. Haynes 



History Club 

Front Row: M Gebhardl. R Sancken. S. Donnan. S. Wan, M. Skaggs. 
K. Jayaswal .Second Row: T. Hajck, C. Griswold. J. Kcrcstes. A. 
Idleman Back Row: J. Ken, N. Timmc. M, Langnill. C. Wen 


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Jaz/ (>old 

Front Row: J. Heimerdinger, J. Glass, P. Turner, J. Nguyen. C. 
Griswold Second Row: A. Preller, M. Cook. L. Nichols, M. Skaggs. M. 
Morrow, D. Daudelin Third Row: A. Whikeharl, M. Kruse, M, 

Stevens, C. Modos, J. Kossman. T. Dicker 



Ja/z (trern 

Front Row : S. Vazquez, S. Leszeynski, J. Nguyen, 1 . Morrow 
Second Row: A. Wilkinson. E. Colloton. W, Thomas, F, Doran. C. 
Bustle Third Row: B. Anthony. K. Henderson. S. Donnan. A. 
Weilbacher, M. Martin. J. White 



Jazz in the Afternoon 

C. Montesdeoca, S. Rutledge. L. Pereira. M. Mercier, A. Savage. R. 
Holtzman, E. Klawilter, A. Ramesh. S, Peters. K. Claricoats. P. 
Osbum. C. Willis 



Jazz in the Evening 

Front R»»w : A. Preller, A. Gallagher, Q, Hursey, C. Repoglc. P. 
Turner, C. Scott. S. Irvin. M. Martin Second Row: P. Lamonica. K. 
Palm. J. Palm, K. Sebald, D. Robinson, A. Borst. J. Stone, M. Morrow 



Key Club 

Front Row: N. Timme, A. Huff. S. Mikals. R. Turner. E. Klawittcr, 

A. Klawitter, M. Sage, A. Schilawski. A. Jacson. F, Kazmi, N. Baht, E. 
Olsen. L. Bustle Second Row: S. Gla,ss, B, Harvey, J. Macy, M. 

Hage, B. Kisiner. C. Roberts, S. Shakrashenken. J. Wang, C. Smith, S. 
Rutledge. A. Stein, B, Cauldwell, A. Potter, A. Harish Third Row: J. 
Rubenacher, K. Claircoates, M. Brown, C. Parker, K. Guzman, S. 
Peters, M. Carlson, K. Montesdeoca. A. Lambert. J, Diaz. T. Downey, 
T. Graves, S. Wan. S. Mays Fourth Row: K. Jayaswal. J. Kerestes, 

T. Hajek. J. Reeves. M. Hoomanawanui. M. Doran. T. Karim, A. 
Donan, T. Dover, J. Bower, A. Gallagher, K. B Fifth Row: T. Brown. 
L. Satchwell, C. Bustle, E. Holt. A. Baru. C. Tannura. K. Knapp. L. 
Miller, F, Moreleda, A. Schini K. Bailey, J. Fernandez Sixth Row: C. 
Wen, T. Stadnik. J. Ken, D. Robinson, A, Solava, C. Lartz, M. 

Schiller, C. All. K. Bandy. J. Garrett B. Braun. M. Shanahan, A. 
Hitchcock 



Math Team 

Front Row: J. Ken. D. Giridharan. P. Turner, S. Chakravarty. S. 
Chandrasekaran, M. Mishra, P. Gu. C. Wen Second Row : N. Timme, 
J. Nguyen, J. Bower, T.J. Turner, K. Hay ford, M. Schweers. G. 
Vempati Third Row: C.J. York. M. Risius. M. Carlson. J. Wang, L. 
Nickols 



Mu Alpha Theta 

Front Row: R. Turner, A. Klawitter, J. Olsen B. Alt. A, Olson, K. 
Pacillio, K, Ferguson. R. Wenning. E. Palaminu, S. Beurskens Second 
Row : R. Sancken, N. Toca, J. Nguyen, T. Turner, A. Donnan, A. Borst, 
S. Slama, D. Willis Third Row: S. Goiich-Braun. C. Miller, A. 
Whikehart. M. Risius. M, Carl.son, P. Lamonica. R. Carrol. S. Michaels 
Fourth Row: S. Jennings, A, Francois, C. Griswold, E. Klawittcr, M. 
Doran. T. Karin, M. Martin. M. Conte, A, Baru 



National Forensics League 

Front Rt)w: D. Beverage, S. Chakravarty, A. Preller. S. Vasquez. M. 
Mishra Second Row; S. Chandrasekaran. C. Wen. J. Kerestes, J. 
Vanloon, D. Giridharan Third R4>w: K. Pacillio, A. Pacillio. J. 
Kossman, J. Brown. A. Huff. M. Sakaluk 



National Honor Society 

Front Rt>w: S. Peters, M. Morrow, W. Philips. S. Donnan, B. Kistner, 
K. Claricoaies. A. Klawitter, E, Klawitter, S. Na.s.sar, K. Jayaswal 
Second Row: S. Irvin, M. Brown. J. Nguyen, J. Vanloon, S. 
Chandrasekaran. S. Michaels, L. Nichols. B. Galloway, E. Meier Third 
Row: T.J, Tuner, B. Harvey. A. Whikehart, C. Griswold, A. Klacgc, N. 
Timme. A. Baru. J. Kerestes. K, Sebald. M. Conte Fourth Row; S. 
Jiles, A. Huff. M. Schiller, C. Lartz, A. Pacillio, T. Karim, M. Martin. 
M. Doran, A. Preller, K. Graden Fifth Row: T. Downy, K. 
Zimmerman, K. Bohling. K. Milligan, M, Lehner. E. Holt, A. Ingcrsoll 


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Orchesini 

Fnwl Row: 1- Wilson. K. Ellcfson. F. Doran, A. McElroy, J. Brown. 
E .Anderson. T. Dicker. M. Ball Second Row: A. Potter, E. Narrow, 

S Lee. J- OLsen. J. Wang, K. Comcrford, M. Doran, J. Macy Third 
Row: C. Wen. J. Diaz, A. Hari.sh. A. EIhlie, J. Kossman, D. Robin.son. 
P Kramp. J. Ken, G. Rosa 



Front Row: W. Koch, A. Johnson. S. Swihakcr .Second Row B 
Sur. A. Stein. C. Smith Third Row ; C. McDaniel, M. 
Hoomanawanui, S. Clemons. K. SItney. J. Bower 



1st Rrow : C. Zeschke, A. Stein. B. Sur Second Row : C. Smith, L. 
Glctly, A. Blair. J. Bower Third Row : A. Chapman, M. 
Hoomanawanui. A. Johnson. T. Cox. T. Funk. C. McDaniel. K Sliney 



Scholastic Rnwl 

Front Row; S. Le.szcynski. J. Van Loon. N. Timme, M. Langrall. P. 
Turner, M. Stevens, J. Kerestes Second Row; B. Benson. P. Gu. L. 
Miikr. L. Farrahcr. J. Bower. S. Chandra.sekaran. E. Johnson. M. 
i”hwcers.C ^ilips Third Row: B. Porter. D. Campbell, M. Miller, 
F Slama. A. Klaege. T. J, Turner. R, Sancken. A. Baru. N. Toca 



Senate 

Front Row: S. Donnan. A. Donnan. P. Turner. A. Kiawitter, A. 
Becker. R. Turner. E. Kiawitter, A. Ramesh. J. Dunbar, J. Whikehan 
Second Row: J. Wang. C. Griswald. B. Kams, N. Pederson. K. 
Ferguson. T. Dover. M. Carlson, T, Hajck. C. Wen Third Row: M. 
Slyezynski. S. Glass. J. Kerestes. S. Irving. J. Bower. A. Idleman. D. 
Hockcr. J. Fowler, M, Skaggs Fourth Row: C. Scott, J. Ken. M. 
Conte, N. Toca, M. Martin, B, Sinn. L. Miller. J. Allen Fifth Row: N. 
Grieco, R. Wahiheim, E. Thomsen. A. Pacilio. C. Lartz, C.Recscr, A. 
Heissler Sixth Row: M. Hoomanawanui. N. Zimmerman. E. 
W'ahihcim. K, Zimmerman. J. Beyers. N. Bhai, J. Garrett, M. 
Sondgeroth 



Sign Language ('tub 

Front Row: K. Payne. C. Gail Bronson, A, Dudgeon. B. CauldwelL .A. 
Potter. B. Waingart Second Row: A Blythe. L. Farnsworth. S. 
Adelman. S. Rutledge, H. Bamesd 





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J'^i‘)(;irls Soccer 

* Ron't A r\ 

S Carl ^ •*^'lborn. J. Brown. A. Aageson. B. 

K o Chonacki, E. 

J Fritzen E e ^ E- Holt Thii 

'*^■1 at; F K Knapp, A. Pislo, 

“**• MtKirc Ruddy 



.liitiior Varsity (Jirls Soccer 

Front Row: J. Pink.ston. J, Bower. A. Schilawski, L. Farraher. E. 
Gault. R. Herr. K. Claricoates, J. Pinkston Second Row: N. Chiodo. 
K, Whalen. A. Stein, K. Anholi, M. Sage Third Row : S. Tyrell. E. 
Dougherty. K. Payne. K. Monies de Oca . J. Edwards. K. Shoemaker 



Boys Varsity Sweer 

Front Row : A. Winiersieen, J. Maubach. S. Berskens, J. Soteberg, C. 
Miller, J. Hinshaw, D. Au.spurgcr. C. Yont/ .Second Row: B. Fritzen. 
T. Somers. B. Corcoran. K. Yont/, S. Jennings, D. Strong. C. Walker, J. 
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Buys Junior Varsity Soccer 

Front Kow: K. Adams, 0. Cunningam. M. Hinshaw, R. Wahlheim, 
C.Walker. T. Somers, J. Ayers. N. Rule. T. Brown. P. Killian 
Second Row: M. Baez, A. Heissicr. J. Beyer, S. Nota. N. Gricco. T, 
Sladnik. A, Beaz. C. McFaden, A. Clark, J, Fritzen 



.Speech Team 

Front Row : B. Galloway. C. Wen. A. Huff. F. Kazmi. C. Fischer. S 
Berg. J. Fowler, K. Pacilio Second Row: S. Donnan, A. Pacilio, J, 
Kossman, J. Brown, M. .Sakaluk, C. Sutter, R. Hinshaw, N. Bhat. K. 
Sliney Third Row: J. Allen. A. Preller. A, Stullz, C. Lariz. W\ 
Philips. J, Olson. E. Thomsen. S. Michaels 



TSA 

Front Row: B. Dearing. M. Conte, C Phillips, M. Baker, M. Miller, D. 
Campbell, A. Schini .Second Row: N. Timme, L. Nichols, K. Hayford. 
P. Lamonica. M. Conte, J. Bobbitt Third Row: J, Van Loon, J, Gross, 
C. Tannura, B, Stone, C. Culbertson Fourth Row ; A, Klacge, T, 
Somers, M. Swears, P, Gu, N. Bhat 



Varsity Softball 

Front Row: 1 . Stawlow, D. Jacobs, A. Hitchcock Second Row: S. 
Charles, K. Scott. H. Carpenter. M. Martin. T. Brucker. H. Kennedy 
Third Row; N. Nybakke. M.Mizer, K.Kinsella, J. Katz, R.Joseph, K 
Swangu 



Girls .Swim Team 

Front Row: A. Weilbacher, M. Waters. J. Strawiow. K, Comerford. 

B. Sur. K. Degraf, C. :artz, M. .Schiller. M. Meyer 
.Second Row: R, Burroughs. M. Schiller. A. Pacilliu, A. Aageson, A. 
Jackson, B. Cauldwell, B. Braun. S. Jtles, C. Gail Bronson. C. Demont. 
E, Thompson 



(Jirls Varsity Tennis 

F'runt Row: B. Cogan. S. Wan.N. Bhat Second Row: B. Stone. 
J.Wang Third Row: M. Doran, A.Schilawski, A.Olsc 



Junior Varsity Softball 

Front Row : C. Gault, K. Kaisner, K. Lyons, T. Brucker Second Row : 
D. Jacobs. J. Stawlow, K. Swango. C. Brewer Third Row : M. 
Saichwcll, K, Scott, S. Charles 



Boys Sw im Team 

F'ront Row: R, Burroughs, C.Modos. E.Sinn, B. .Sinn. R. Nash 
Seeond Row: B, Benson. N. Toca. D. Hocker, D, Robinson. D. 
Beverage, J.Huff. R, Saajasto 



(iirls Junior Varsity Tennis 

F'ront Row: L. Farraher, B, Karns, E. Olsen, B. Demont Second Row: 
K. Claircoates, R. Henshaw, K, Ellefson, M. Morrow. N. Vas-Bcl 
Monte. C. O' Brien Third Row: A. Clark-Payne.A. Ramesh. S, 
Vasquez, C. Whitehousc. S. Gosh-Brawn. J. Olsen. K. Milligan 


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BtnTeniiK 

FrsalRow: CJ. YoA. J. Ayers. K Baily, J. Ken. D. Giridharan. A. 
8jru.B. Lttchts, R. Wahlhcini. N. Zimmennan. P. Gu. D. Daudelin. C. 
«'a Swond Ra»: B Runyan. J. Mishra, M. Miller. J. Kcresies. S. 
nati awiity. M. Siepheas. T. Hajck. G. Vampati. S. Pridgeon. B. 
AadKny. i Smith 







*• «xiai»nier. non, 

K Pacilio. L. AnhoU, B. Holuman. K. Hay ford. A. Borst .Second 
Row; M Ball. J. Nguyen, M Conte. S. Mikals. J. Brown. M. 
Sakaluk. C. Griswald. P. Turner, E. Klawiuer. J. Palm Third Row; 
M. Langrall. W. Lubin. Licscl Pereina. A. Donnan. S. Michaels, A. 
ciners. R. Carroll. K Scbald Fourth Row: N. Timmc. B. Johnson! D. 
Robinson. P.l^monica. TJ. Turner, S. Salma. M. Manin. T. Dicker, 

R. Sancken Fifth Row: A. Savage. M. Hannah, J. Bower. S. Kcich 
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from Row: J. Rayford. J. Chavers. T. Schumacher, Q Hursev, S. 
Guzman, D. Golden. J. Beyer, A. Schnauli. N. Rule. K. Scinb^ueck 
Second Row: J J Pamter. N. Shaver. R. Smith. M. Erdman, J Hoff B 
Smn. B. Keist. A Clark. M. Baez. L. Hampton Third Row: S. Ue. P. 
Carroll. A. Turner. J. Johnson. C. George. M. Martin. J. Busse. D, 
Robinson. C. Yontz, M Scott Fourth Row; K. Yontz. L. Ranev! R 
Saajasio. D, Beverage, A. Idleman. M. Rettch. J. Jollv. J Hopkins B 
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front Row; K. Knapp. R. Severson. M. Carlson. N. Nnamani, M. 
Risius. C. Cooper. E. Rohem 

Second Row; R, Joeseph. A. French. T. Craning. L. Lackovich. J. 
White, M. Martin. K. Swango. N. Chiodo 



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front Row: R. Feagin. S. Garriol. L. Benschc. N. Davis, N. Chiodo. 
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K. Claricoatcs, B. Galloway Second Row; J. Nguyen. J. Van Lotm. S. 
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The 2002-2003 Clarion yearbook was printed using Adobe Pagemaker 6.5. 
When necessary image files were created using Adobe Photoshop 5,0. Most of the 
pages were sent to Jostens Publishing, who printed the book, as electronic com¬ 
plete files, though some files were sent as electronic files with photographs attached 
for the plant to scan and add to the documents. 

Two fonts were used throughout the book: Times (for text and captions) 
and Josten’s Import (for headlines). All class photographs were taken by Photogra¬ 
phy by Kent. 


Note from the Advisor: 

. , f everything goes right, or even most things go right, the advisor shouldn’t write a single word in any student publication. The advisor’s work should t 

f’m t ^ ^thng the students and their yearbook speak for itself. This year, however, it seemed everything went wrong (everything!), and while 

, . ^ ^ ina s an tribulations of a yearbook, a staff and an advisor who had to climb up from the mats several times, this space needs to be used for a 

bet.er purpose: .o show gratitude to those who helped get this book published. The Clarion owes a great debt to the following people: 

She has i matiint ^^ove the call of duty as an editor, sacrificing an entire summer in order to make sure the Clarion would be published. 

She has a maturity and patience beyond her years. This bcmk would not have been Tmished without her dedication. 

Blass and Morns, Jenna Reeves. Maggie Hoomanawanui, Zach Truly, and the 2003-2004 Clarion staff: There were times Jam 

vearbook on hold This sem and time into this yearbook. They did so willingly and completely despite having to put their oi 

yearbook on hold. Th, seinessness IS only pan of what makes working with these students endlessly rewardinn 

Of this boo. hL ;ift a:r ar^ 

pannership/Ther^forl:':^^^^^^^ -o University High School goes far beyond pmfessio, 

The burden of this book's troubles were nr' ’*”•'1 administration at University High School provided patience and support in every way possibl 

fortunate to have people with such charactranVcon^passion^thTfrom X 

Mike' Bld'at Shail'trjTnisr -ugh-to-give wake-up calls in equal measure, as necessary, 

always willing, eager even, to help us out of a jam " ' * •I®*’*®" s Publishing: They came when needed them, took the blame when it was shared and were 

rt si7d!rar;“ »-='P- sometimes even meant it. 

their yearbook. They remain the reasolhy U-^hUT b ‘"’rr""' T and parents of U-High who waited too long and too patiently for 

wny U-H.gh ,s such a special place to learn and teach. My gratitude for their patience is unending. 

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U.S. Forces capture deposed Iraqi leader 
Saddam Hussein in a **spider hole” at a 
farm outside his hometown of Tikrit. 


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<r A fatal Staten island 
Ferry crash in 
New York harbor 
leaves 10 dead and 
dozens injured after 
the pilot loses 
consciousness and 
slams into the dock. 


I <- NBA star Kobe 

[ Bryant of the Los 
Angeles Lakers 
is charged with 
the sexual assault 
. of a 19-year-old 
” Colorado woman. 


A federal appellate 
court orders the 
removal of a Ten 
Commandments 
monument from 
the Alabama 
Supreme Court 
building, citing 
violation of the 
First Amendment. 


The economy shows signs of recovery when the 
Dow Jones Industrial Average tops 10,000 points 
for the first time in over 18 months on December 12. 


President Bush 
becomes the first 
U.S. president to visit 
Iraq when he makes 
an unannounced 
Thanksgiving visit 
with troops 
stationed there. 


The worst wildfires in California history claim 22 lives, 
destroy more than 3,400 homes and consume 
750,000 acres of land. 


The abduction of 
University of North 
Dakota student Dm 
Sjodin, 22, results in 
the arrest of convicted 
sex offender Alfonso 
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Schwarzenegger 
replaces Gray Davis as 
governor of California 
in a highly publicized 
recall election. 


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vaccinations as the country 
is hit hard by a new strand 
of the influenza virus. 


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On August 14, the largest North American blackout occurs 
when three Ohio line failures leave more than 50 million 
people in eight states and Canada without power. 


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controversial bill calling for a 
$400 billion Medicare overhaul 




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murder charges in the slaying 
of his pregnant wife, Laci, and 
their unborn son. 


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is arrested on multiple 
counts of child abuse 
after an accusation 
from a 12-year-old boy. 


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declares obesity an 
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with 64 percent 
of the population 
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On December 26, a devastating earthquake measuring 
6.6 on the Richter scale strikes the Iranian city of Bam 
killing more than 41,000 people. 


On May 1,43 days after the war in Iraq began. President 
Bush declares “major combat operations in Iraq have ended.” 
As hundreds of thousands of U.S. and British forces remain 
to restore peace and deliver aid to Iraqi citizens, more 
soldiers are killed in the months after the war than during it. 


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<- An Economic 
Community of 
West African States 
peacekeeping coalition 
ends 14 years of 
fighting between 
Liberian rebels and 
government forces, 
sending tyrant 
Charles Taylor 
into exile. 


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Organization reports 
that severe acute 
respiratory syndrome 
(SARS) infected more 
than 8,000 people in 
over 25 countries, 
killing 700. 




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in August claims more 
than 19,000 lives, 
making it one of the 
world’s deadliest 
hot-weather disasters. 


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Around the world, 
“flash mobs”—large 
groups of people 
recruited by 
anonymous organizers 
via the Internet — 
gather, perform 
a wild act and 
quickly disperse. 


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of Palestinians are 
1^ cut off from family 

and livelihoods 
when Israel builds 
& ’ a concrete barrier 

f. beyond the cease-fire 

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^ In a dramatic six-day 
ordeal, rescue workers 
save 44 of 46 Russian 
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During the summer 
of 2003, low-risk 
prison inmates help 
battle Southern 
California’s wildfires 
for only $1 an hour. 


->AtaSt. Louis dog 
shelter, Cain, a 
one-year-old mutt, 
survives tranquilization 
and a trip to the gas 
chamber and is then 
adopted by the animal 
shelter owner. 


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<r Comedian Robin Williams 
travels to Baghdad to 
lighten the spirits of U.S. 
troops as he kicks off a 
holiday tour of U.S. bases 
in the Middle East. 


f* ■ ’ Rap mogul P. Diddy runs the New York City Marathon 
S to raise over $2 million for the city’s children’s charities 
and public schools. 


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<- While aboard the International 
Space Station. Russian cosmonaut 
Yuri Malenchenko marries his 
American girlfriend by video link 
in the first “space wedding.” 


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^ Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi 
wins the 2003 Nobel Peace 
Prize for human rights activism 
as she fights to improve the 
status of refugees, women 
and children in Iran. 

<r Golfer Tom Watson donates 
his $1 million Charles Schwab 
Cup winnings to fund research 
for Lou Gehrig’s disease, 
which has stricken his caddie, 
Bruce Edwards. 

















































<r British Airways and 
Air France ground the 
supersonic Concordes 
after 27 years of 
service. Despite their 
speed, the aircraft were 
uneconomical to operate. 


^ In response to e-mail spam, 
the Can-Spam Act requires 
e-mail marketers to clearly 
label messages as ads and 
include an Internet-based 
opt-out feature. 



In January 2004, the Mars exploration rover Spirit lands 
safely and NASA releases the first 3-D images and the 
sharpest color photos ever taken of the surface of Mars. 


Fast-food patrons can 
now get their food 
even quicker, thanks to 
McDonald’s introduction 
of self-service 
ordering kiosks. 


^ In October, China 
becomes the third 
country to travel in 
space when the 
world’s first successful 
taikonaut, Yang Liwei, 
returns to Earth after 
21 hours in orbit. 


FluMist, America’s first 
intranasal influenza 
vaccine, provides 
needle-wary patients 
with an alternative for 
the 2003 flu season. 


^ The Food and Drug 
Administration bans dietary 
supplements containing 
ephedra due to health 
concerns and warns 
consumers not to take 
products containing 
the stimulant. 




























































-> In June, pet praine 
dogs in Wisconsin, 
Illinois and Indiana 
infect people with 
monkeypox after 
being Infected by a 
giant Gambian rat 
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Washington kill a herd 
of 449 calves that 
include the offspring 
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Hurricane Isabel knocks out power to more 
^ than 3.5 million people as It wreaks havoc 
on the nation's eastern seaboard. 


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North American trees 
are threatened by Asian 
longhorned beetles, 
which allegedly arrived 
in Chinese wooden 
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it closer to Earth than it has 
been in 60,000 years. 


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American scientists discover 
the deterioration of the 
atmosphere’s ozone layer is 
slowing. The 1996 worldwide 
ban on CFG gases is credited 
for the improvement. 

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movies, dies of pneumonia 
at the age of 27. 


















































^ Celebrities like FOX’s 
‘That 70s Show^’ 
star Ashton Kutcher 
make the "trucker 
hat" a fashion 
must-have. 


^ The country goes 
low-carb diet 
I crazy, with dieters 
I demanding food 
[ products and menu 
1 items with fewer 
carbohydrates. 


Popularized by 
music stars like 
Busta Rhymes and 
J.Lo, track suits are 
seen everywhere. 


Girls get into breakdancing 
at events like the Qween B 
Breakgirl competition in San 
Diego, the country’s biggest 
female breakin’ competition. 


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’80s-style rock music, 
'80s clothing styles 
make a comeback of 
their own. 


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foot fashion is the 
Australian-made 
Ugg boot, which 
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^ The College Entrance Examination 
Board develops a revision of the 
SAT that tests for increased 
vocabulary and writing skills. 




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Motorwerks. starts a European auto 
revolution on U.S. streets. 


Drivers find a spacious but expensive ride in the 
General Motors Hummer H2. In response to critictsm 
GM promises to release a more fuel-etficiefit version 
in the future. 


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^ To improve lunch and 
vending machine 
nutritional values, 
the US Department 
of Agricullure issues 
tougher regulations 
for American schools. 


Affordable, over-the-counter teeth whitening tuts have 
consumers smiling, as they no longer have to vsit 
the dentist for this cosmetic procedure. 


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counterfeiters, the U.S. 

Treasury releases a colorful 
new S20 bill, with a 
background blend of blue, 

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^ Keira Knightley and 
Parminder Nagra 
get a kick out of 
breaking stereotypes 
on and off the soccer 
field in the British 
comedy Bend It 
Like Beckham. 


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The two most 
anticipated sequels 
of the year, Matrix: 
Reloaded an6 
Matrix: Revolutions 
turn out to be major 
disappointments 
for fans and 
critics alike. 


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Tobey Maguire 
rides high in the 
successful summer 
flick Seabiscuit 
nominated for an 
Academy Award 
for Best Picture. 






























^ The pulse-pounding 
CBS hit “The Amazing 
Race" wins the 
inaugural Emmy 
Award for Best 
Reality Program. 


^ America bids farewell 
to the cast of "Friends” 
after the NBC sitcom’s 
10th and final season. 


<- “Alias” star Jennifer Garner 
earns high viewer ratings for 
ABC TV and lights up the big 
screen in 13 Going on 30. 




viz In February 2004, 

CBS airs "Survivor: 
All-Stars,” starring past 
“Survivor”winners and 
contestants. 


<r Jessica Simpson, star of MTV’s 
“Newlyweds” with husband 
Nick Lachey, makes entertainment 
headlines for mistaking Chicken 
of the Sea tuna for chicken. 


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T Famous for "Three’s Company” 
and star of ABC’s "Eight 
Simple Rules for Dating My 
Teenage Daughter,” actor 
John Ritter dies suddenly from 
heart failure in September. 




























































Pop diva-turned-author 
Madonna releases two children’s 
books; The English Roses and 
Mr. Peabody's Apples. Her third 
book, Yakov and the Seven 
Thieves, arrives in late winter. 




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Two months after being mauled by a tiger, Roy Horn, 
half of the famed “Siegfried and Roy” wild animal 
entertainment act, is released from a Las Vegas hospital. 


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-> Role-playing games 
like ‘ Star Wars: 
Knights of the Old 
Republic" find 
mainstream success 
on consoles. 


In December. 
Rolling Stones’ 
legendary lead 
singer Mick dagger, 
60. is knighted by 
Prince Charles. 


On CBS’s “Late Show" host David 
Letterman, 56, announces the 
November birth of his first child, 
a baby boy. 

<r After the success of his 
best-selling fantasy novel Eragon: 
Inheritance, author Christopher 
Paolini, 19, begins writing the 
much-anticipated sequel. 




<- Hugh Jackman of X2: X-Men 
Med showcases his singing 
ability on Broadway in 
The Boy from Oz. 































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BCS computers fail to invite the nation’s No. 1 team, 
use, to the 2004 championship game. The Rose Bowl 
champion USC Trojans share the national title with the 
Sugar Bowl champion LSU Tigers. ~ 

Led by MVP pitcher ^ 

Josh Beckett, the 
Florida Marlins beat the NA V 
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-> Tennis pro Andy 
Roddick, 21, also 
known as Mandy 
Moore’s boyfriend, 
wins his first grand 
slam title at the U.S, 
Open in September, 


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<- Despite several 
crashes and severe 
dehydration, Lance 
Armstrong wins his 
fifth straight Tour 
de France by a mere 
62 seconds. 


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X Behind the defensive 
brilliance of goalie 
Martin Brodeur, the 
New Jersey Devils 
win the 2003 NHL 
Stanley Cup by 
icing the Anaheim 
Mighty Ducks 3-0 
in game seven. 


<- High school 
phenomenon 
LeBron James, 19, 
is picked first in the 
2003 NBA Draft 
by the Cleveland 
Cavaliers and 
enjoys instant 
success as a pro. 


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In June, Michelle Wie, 13, becomes the youngest winner 
of a U.S. Golf Association adult event when she wins 
the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. 


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-> In September, Kenya's 
Paul Tergat sets the 
world record in the 
Berlin Marathon, 
running the 26.2-mile 
course in just 2 hours, 
4 minutes, 55 seconds. 


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Patriots defeat the 
Carolina Panthers 
32-29 with a field 
goal in the closing 
seconds to win 
Super Bowl XXXVIII. 

-> Due to a lack of 
revenue, the Women’s 
United Soccer 
Association gets 
the boot after just 
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Champion surter Bethany Hamilton, 13, loses her arm in a shark 
attack. Just 10 weeks later, Hamilton places fifth in her age group 
at a National Scholastic Surfing Association meet in January 2004. 




^ St. John’s University coach John 
Gagliardi, 77. leads his team to an 
undefeated NCAA Division III Football 
National Championship while also 
setting the NCAA Football record for 
coaching victories with 414. 


Death-defying tricks and thrills bring the extreme sports 
craze to new heights at the January 2004 EXPN Winter 
X Games VIII in Aspen, Colorado. 


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<- Matt Kenseth claims the 
NASCAR Winston Cup Series 
championship, after leading 
the standings through a 
record 33 races. 


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4" Freddy Adu, 14, becomes the 
youngest American pro team 
athlete in over 100 years when 
he signs with D.C. United of 
Major League Soccer. 

^ League MVP Tim Duncan and 
David Robinson— in his final 
game—lead the San Antonio 
Spurs to the 2003 NBA title 
with a 4-2 series win over 
the New Jersey Nets. 








































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^ In his first of a number 
of trials in several 
states, a Virginia jury 
sentences D.C. area 
sniper Lee Boyd 
Malvo, 18, to life 
without parole. 


-> After winning 64 
career titles, including 
14 grand slam events, 
and a record six years 
ranked No. 1, tennis 
great Pete Sampras 
retires at the U.S. 
Open in August. 




^ In October, 
Mother Teresa 
of Calcutta is 
beatified by 
Pope John 
Paul II in Vatican 
City. This marks 
the final step 
before sainthood 
in the Roman 
Catholic Church. 


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^ The Pentagon releases decks of 55 cards to U.S. 
soldiers that feature the most-wanted Iraqi leaders. 
Dictator Saddam Hussein is the Ace of Spades. 


After being abducted for nine months, Elizabeth Smart 
is rescued and returns home in March 2003. Her story 
is made into a TV movie that airs later in the fall. 


Teen star Hilary Duff 
tops off her successful 
movie debut, The 
Lizzie McGuire Movie, 
with a hit pop album, 
Metamorphosis, and 
a nationwide tour. 


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